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June 17, 2024

A CUP OF TEA ON THE COMMODE

By Mark Steven Porro
Aging/Death & Dying
Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

Chronicling a son's devotion to his mother in her final years, Mark Steven Porro’s A CUP OF TEA ON THE COMMODE is a heartwarming, humorous,...

March 29, 2024

PROTECTING MAMA (Surviving the Legal Guardianship Swamp)

By Léonie Rosenstiel
Aging/Death & Dying
Rating:
3.5 / 5.0

Léonie Rosenstiel’s PROTECTING MAMA: Surviving the Legal Guardian Swamp is a passionate, well-researched exposé about the perils of adult guardianship.

IR Approved
February 23, 2022

THE DEMOGRA-FATE HYPOTHESIS

By Nguyen Ba Thanh
Aging/Death & Dying
Rating:
4.8 / 5.0

THE DEMOGRA-FATE HYPOTHESIS by Nguyen Ba Thanh employs statistical trends, common sense and the laws of physics to get its point across: modern living has...

IR Approved
June 23, 2021

CREATRIX RISING: Unlocking the Power of Midlife Women

By Stephanie Raffelock
Aging/Death & Dying
Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

Prompts for reflection, journaling, and action-taking are amply provided in Stephanie Raffelock's CREATRIX RISING: Unlocking the Power of Midlife Women, an eclectic, personable, encouraging, deep-pondering,...

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April 25, 2018

MANAGING BUBBIE

By Russel Lazega
Aging/Death & Dying, Biography, Nonfiction, Women's
Rating:
4.8 / 5.0

Funny, tragic, and touching, MANAGING BUBBIE is a stirring memoir of an extraordinary woman and her legacy.

July 15, 2016

Pondering aging and death in: THE HOURGLASS

By Pamela Cuming
Aging/Death & Dying, Nonfiction
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

THE HOURGLASS is a book that manages to combine rational, mindful analysis with an emotionally vivid, truly human perspective on old age, illness and death

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