
Winter Stars: An elderly mother, an aging son, and life’s final journey
“Winter Stars is a gift – a modern classic of frontier literature documenting the uncertain journey into the
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“Winter Stars is a gift – a modern classic of frontier literature documenting the uncertain journey into the

Winner of the 2022 Memoir Prize for Books – Caregiving category ESS Public Sociology Award Recommended Book in

‘This is a wonderful, rather special book: funny, warm and loving but also thought-provoking and deeply moving. Absolutely

Ten days before my father moved into assisted living, he came to live with my family. He had

As the butcher knife flew from Dad’s hand through the air, I visualized it slicing into the back

Stage 4 cancer for her and a debilitating disease for her husband: life crashed down in an instant.

A prolific poet as a child, Barbara Drake-Vera loved writing almost as much as she adored her father,

“Winsome, uplifting” personal stories and practical tips for walking your loved one through this season of life (Michele

Susan Cerulean’s memoir trains a naturalist’s eye and a daughter’s heart on the lingering death of a beloved

This is a deliberately short book that is to the point and highlights the essential processes for carers

What happens when life throws together a busy, enthusiastic, doctor-daughter and her bereaved, disenchanted, dependent father? What happens

How far would you go to keep a promise? Bernadette Rogers swore she’d never put her father in

***Alz Authors.com recommended book******Finalist in Next Generation Indie Book Awards***Andrea struggles to mourn a man who is still

The moving story of an English professor studying neurology in order to understand and come to terms with

In 2009, Emily Page’s father was diagnosed at the age of 65 with frontotemporal dementia, a form of