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When Elizabeth Marcuss tyrannical parents toss caution asidealong with everything she saysshe struggles to make sense of their poignant, often hilarious plunge into old age in Mexico. Bizarre new friends appear; absurd disasters follow. Dont Say A Word! illuminates the maddening challenge of watching our parents final decline, a challenge familiar to frazzled adult-children everywhere.

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A vivid, seductive, gorgeously written memoir that recounts the fascinating years Mandy Sayer spent performing on the streets of New York and New Orleans with her father

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The story of a suburban Chicago girl who never expected to move out West and become a veterinarian, let alone owner and caretaker of cats (many), dogs (two), and horses (some with manners, some without) in Colorado, Drinking From the Trough reveals the challenges, tragedies, and triumphs of livesboth human and animalwell lived.

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The story of how Susan Rudnicks maddeningyet endearingmentally challenged sister became her greatest life teacher.

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Two shattered spirits, a roving museum curator and a bereaved, cantankerous rancher, come together amidst the dazzling beauty and seasonal rhythms of a cattle ranch in a hidden Montana mountain valley--a wide-open, wind-filled place where words give way to the wisdom of nature.

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When Dianas first child, Emma, is born with a rare genetic disorder, Diana relinquishes her to an adoptive family, convinced they will parent and love Emma better than she ever couldbut when fate intervenes and the adoption is reversed, bringing Emma back home, Diana experiences the healing and redemptive power of love.

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In this personal and transformational memoir, Malaysia-born Amelia Zachry chronicles how the trauma of sexual assault and the challenges of living with bipolar disorder disrupted her life as a young womanand how she managed to regain control of her life and, ultimately, find love, healing, and a sense of belonging after emigrating to the US.

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In this intimate memoir of a life of excess, Barbara Santarelli explores her yearnings and desires as an isolated and often deprived child who grew up always wanting more. Ultimately it took fifty years, eight homes, and a three-hundred-mile road bike challenge to finally discover her heart's true desirewhich had nothing to do with material possessions.

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A mothers inspiring story of surviving pregnancy following the death of one of her children at birth.

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In this #MeToo tale of single mothers and fatherless children, a Rust Belt farm girl escapes poverty, weds, has a son, is widowed and then falls in love with a young man whose Jewish mother opposes their relationship. Follow their love story, struggles, and international adventures as they travel from Brooklyn to Greece, Israel, and Iran.

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A grief memoir with a paranormal twist, Feeling Fate recounts a fairy tale romance marked by a dark intuition of loss. When the premonition comes true, Jonia woman torn between faith and skepticismultimately finds healing from and meaning in her grief through imagination and insights of the heart.

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How does an ordinary New England girl become Evil Kitty, an international dominatrix flown to Milan, London, and Paris to elicit pleasure through pain

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Carolyn, an independent, free-spirited, fifty-something researcher, challenges herself to go on fifty dates to find a committed partner. Navigating the highs and lows of dating within the SF Bay Area sensual New Age community, her universal quest for love becomes a sexy adventure of self-discovery and self-love along the way to a man who matches her spirit.

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A sweet-bitter story of how, with tenderness as their guide, a family formed in the wake of loss and learned that joy and grief can be entwined cohabitants in our lives.

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This is a story about the power of written letters and their ability to connect us, fulfilling our need for human connection. With Operation Desert Storm serving as the backdrop, it is also a story about the uncertainty of life, how the rules of the game can change in an instant, and how to keep moving forward when faced with everyday challenges.

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An alcoholic mother to three children, Patty Tierney lives a double life as a sex worker for seventeen years, only to realize one day that she has become her own motheran alcoholic who abandoned her when she was five. But unlike her mother, shes determined to make things right.

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In Foreign Native, political commentator and author RW Johnson looks back with affection and humour on his life in Africa.

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Leslie is fourteen in 1975 when she and her two teenage sisters batten down the hatches on their forty-five-foot sailboat to navigate from San Diego to French Polynesiaa difficult journey that also puts them at the mercy of the stormy temper of their abusive, larger-than-life Norwegian father and captain.

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Weary from the fear people have of talking about the process of dying and death, a highly experienced registered nurse takes the reader into the world of twenty-one of her beloved patients as they prepare to leave this earth.

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When thirty-nine-year-old Kristen Rademacher loses her baby, she must endure the barren and disorienting days an aching mother faces without her child, accept the consequences of rash decisions and ill-fated relationships, and nurture a mysterious healing that takes root while rebuilding a life and identity forever altered.

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Thirty-plus years after first backpacking through Europe, Marianne Bohr and her husband leave their lives behind and take off on a yearlong quest for adventure.