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161) A mile at a time: a father and son's inspiring Alzheimer's journey of love, adventure, and hope
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A father and son participate in 'the World's Toughest Race,' the Eco Challenge Fiji, as the father battles Alzheimer's Disease." -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A comprehensive guide to the medical, emotional, and social issues of trans kids. These days, it is practically impossible not to hear about some aspect of transgender life. Whether it is the bathroom issue in North Carolina, trans people in the military, or on television, trans life has become front and center after years of marginalization. And kids are coming out as trans at younger and younger ages, which is a good thing for them. But what written...
Author
Publisher
Central Recovery Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Kids who have lived with the chaos of addiction are often relieved, but just as often confused, when a parent enters recovery. This enlightening picture book explores the positive change in a family's life after Daddy enters recovery with a surprisingly light touch for a tough subject. Fully illustrated, with predictive rhyming text for emergent readers, DADDY GOES TO MEETINGS helps kids see just why a parent needs meetings, and addresses their curiosity...
Author
Publisher
Post Hill Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"When Jane, a world-famous Harvard oncologist, suddenly collapses at work, the medical team resuscitating her makes a shocking discovery: she has advanced breast cancer that she's been hiding for years. The results are catastrophic. IN SICKNESS shows how even the most rational people can be nearly destroyed by their irrational fears. Tragic, moving, and wryly funny at times, this is an unflinching portrayal of a complicated marriage and its secrets."...
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
One of the most critically acclaimed dramas on television is back with its most exciting season yet! After the bloody Minassian shootout, Ray Donovan is focused on healing himself and his damaged relationship with his family. But Ray is soon pulled back into his old life by a troubled boxer and an enigmatic art dealer with ties to the Russian mafia.
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Dan Mathews knew that his eccentric mother, Perry Lawrence, was outspoken, foul-mouthed, and, at seventy-nine years old, unable to maintain her fiercely independent lifestyle -- so he flew her across the country (with a gay man as her escort) to live with him in a dilapidated Victorian townhouse in Portsmouth, Virginia. What he didn't know was that she was schizophrenic. Over the next five years, Dan and Perry built a rollicking life together fueled...
173) Instant mom
Author
Publisher
HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Writer and star of My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Nia Vardalos firmly believed she was supposed to be a mom, but Mother Nature and modern medicine stood in her way. So she made a choice that shocked friends, family, and even herself: with only fourteen hours' notice, she adopted a preschooler. This is Vardalos's hilarious and poignant true chronicle of trying to become a mother while fielding nosy "frenemies" and Hollywood reporters. With her signature...
Author
Publisher
Palmetto Publisning
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Ellie Sager Mercer lost the three most important women in her life to untreated cancer. Her mother, Berta Sager, and her older sister, Jean Sutton, died because of their adherence to Christian Science beliefs. That same pattern of treating disease without medical help led her younger sister, Perry MacFarlane, to ignore her cancer until it was too late. These women never spoke of their losses or their conditions with each other, creating a downward...
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Raised as an Army brat, Angie Ricketts thought she knew what she was in for when she eloped with Darrin then an infantry lieutenant on the eve of his deployment to Somalia. Since that time, Darrin, now a colonel, has been deployed eight times, serving four tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. And Ricketts, has lived every one of those deployments intimately distant enough to survive the years spent apart from her husband, but close enough to share a common...
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