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We read great books with a slant toward caregiving. When possible, the book’s author joins our discussion.

In May, we’re reading “The Elder Care Survival Guide” by Martin R Sabel. Martin will join us for a live discussion at the  May 29 at 11:30 a.m. Central. You can purchase Martin’s book in our store.

In June, we’re reading “The Seven Desires of Every Heart” by Mark Laaser and Debra Laaser, which you also can purchase in our store.

We take a month off in July..

In August, we’re reading “An Uncertain Inheritance: Writers on Caring for Family,” also available in our store. The book’s editor, Eleanor Casey, will join us for a live discussion on August 18 at 1 p.m. Central.

Previous book club selections:

–”You Want Me To Do What? Journaling for Caregivers” by B. Lynn Goodwin

–”Great With Money: The Women’s Guide to Prosperity” by Melissa Burke, Esq., CFP, and Ellen Rogin, CPA, CFP Listen to our interview with Ellen Rogin.

– “A Turn for the Better” by Kim Hendrickson Leffler. Kim joined our discussion.

–”The Secret to Caregiver Success” by Dr. Arnld Bresky. Dr. Bresky joined our discussion.

-”Senior Days: Insightful Tales and No-Nonsense Help from the Frontlines of Eldercare” by Colleen Nicol with Brian Nicol. The authors joined our discussion.

–”To Survive Caregiving: A Daughter’s Experience, A Doctor’s Advice on Finding Hope, Help and Health” by Dr. Cheryl Woodson. Dr. Woodson joined our discussion.

– “Finding Meaning with Charles: Caregiving with Love through a Degenerative Disease” by Janet Edmunson. Janet joined our dicussion.

–”6 Years of Grace, Caregiving Episodes With My Mother”. The author, Jennifer Sokol, joined our discussion.

–”The First and Final Nightmare of Sonia Reich: A Son’s Memoir” by Howard Reich

–”Cold Sassy Tree” by Olive Ann Burns

–”Tending the Earth, Mending the Spirit — The Healing Gifts of Gardening” by Connie Goldman; discussion with the author

–”Josefina, the Christmas Cow” by P. Bryn Benson; discussion with the author

–”The Five People You Meet in Heaven” by Mitch Albom

–”Therapeutic Caregiving: A Practical Guide for Caregivers of Persons with Alzheimer’s and Other Dementia Causing Diseases” by Barbara J. Bridges; discussion with the author

–”Griefstruck: When a Death Changes Your Life” by Mary Ann Greene, MPS, MS, LPC and Marguerite O’Connor, M.Ed., LFD; discussion with the authors

–”Final Gifts, Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying” by Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley

–”Unholy Ghost: Writers on Depression” by Nell Casey (Nell joined our discussion)

–”The House on Beartown Road: A Memoir of Learning and Forgetting” by Elizabeth Cohen (Elizabeth was a 2003 Caregiver of the Year winner and joined our discussion)

–”Motherland, Beyond the Holocaust: A Mother-Daughter Journey to Reclaim the Past” by Fern Schumer Chapman (Fern joined our discussion)

–”What Happens Next? A Family Guide to Nursing Home Visits..and More”, written by Chloe Giampaolo (Chloe joined our discussion)

–”A Good Distance” by Sarah Willis.

–”Chicken Soup for the Caregiver’s Soul” by LeAnn Thieman (LeAnn joined our discussion)

–”Love” by Toni Morrison

–”The Lord Is My Shepherd: Healing Wisdom of the Twenty-third Psalm” by Harold S. Kushner

–”Finding the Joy in Alzheimer’s, Part II, When Tears are Dried with Laughter” by Brenda Avadian; discussion with the author.

–”Elder Rage–or–Take My Father, Please!” by Jacqueline Marcell; discussion with the author

–”Seabiscuit: An American Legend” by Laura Hillenbrand

–”No More Words, A Journal of My Mother” by Anne Morrow Lindbergh

–”Coping With Your Difficult Older Parent: A Guide for Stressed-Out Children” by Grace Lebow and Barbara Kane; discussion with the authors.

–”God Knows Caregiving Can Pull You Apart, 12 Ways to Keep It Together” by Gretchen Thompson; discussion with the author.

–”On Top of the World: Cantor Fitzgerald, Howard Lutnick, & 9/11: A Story of Loss & Renewal” by Tom Barbash

–”Falcons’ Flight” by Linda Linton; Linda joined our discussion.

–”Love, Honor and Value: A Family Caregiver Speaks Out About the Choices and Challenges of Caregiving” by Suzanne Geffen Mintz, Kathleen A. Kelly; discussion with the author.