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41) Darke
Author
Publisher
Canongate Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
SHORTLISTED FOR THE AUTHORS' CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARDDr James Darke has expelled himself from the world. He writes compulsively in his 'coming of old age' journal; he eats little, drinks and smokes a lot; he tries to console himself with the wisdom of the great thinkers and poets, yet finds nothing but disappointment. But cracks of light start to appear in his carefully managed darkness - the tender, bruised filaments of love for his daughter and...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
One of the country's leading literary scholars explores the fascinating question of why some people's creative talents flourish with age while others' fade.
America grows older yet stays focused on its young. Whatever hill we try to climb, we're "over" it by fifty and should that hill involve entertainment or athletics we're finished long before. And if younger is better, it doesn't appear that youngest is best: we want our teachers, doctors, generals,...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
James has a bunch of balloons, each of which holds a special memory, but as his grandfather ages and loses his own balloons, James discovers that he is gaining new ones
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
When residents are depressed, confused or display aggressive behavior, the nursing assistants job becomes a difficult task. This program is intended to make the assistant more sensitive to the resident and family when behavior problems occur.
46) The Swedish art of aging exuberantly: life wisdom from someone who will (probably) die before you
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Shows readers how to prepare for and understand the aging process, and the joys and sorrows it can bring, with the ultimate message that people should all be less afraid of the idea of death.
47) If you find this
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
When the grandfather he never knew is released from prison suffering from dementia, eleven-year-old Nicholas, a mathematical and musical genius, tries to save the family's home by helping search for heirlooms Grandpa claims to have buried.
48) Glass Mountain
Author
Series
Publisher
University of Queensland Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Ossie is an outcast - he is the cat that walks alone. This is, until he crosses paths with Mrs Esther Ellis and he is caught up in a world of shadows and secrets - a world in which the legend of a freakish mountain tells a story that will become his own. A very powerful crossover novel for young adults and adults alike from the award-winning author of "The Killing of Mud-Eye".
49) Dom Casmurro
Author
Publisher
Peter Owen Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Bentinho Santiago, cosseted only child of a rich widow, lives next door to Capitu, the daughter of a lowly government official. As childhood friendship turns to adolescent love, an obstacle to the union exists in the form of a vow made by Bentinho's mother before his birth: her son is to be a priest. The lovers' situation appears hopeless, but resourceful Capitu is not easily discouraged. De Assis weaves a powerful and ultimately tragic story of love...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lily is haunted by memories–of who she once was, and of a person, long gone, who defined her existence. She has nothing but time now, as she recounts the tale of Snow Flower, and asks the gods for forgiveness.
In nineteenth-century China, when wives and daughters were foot-bound and lived in almost total seclusion, the women in one remote Hunan county developed their own secret code for communication: nu shu (“women’s...
In nineteenth-century China, when wives and daughters were foot-bound and lived in almost total seclusion, the women in one remote Hunan county developed their own secret code for communication: nu shu (“women’s...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Many times chronic illnesses contribute to mental and behavioral changes. This program focuses on various causes and the proper response. We will discuss the various warning signs of depression and review the types of functional and organic disorders. You will also learn the difference between delirium and depression.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The unforgettable cross country journey of a runaway couple in their twilight years determined to meet the end of all roads on their own terms-a major motion picture from Sony Pictures Classics starring Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland.
The Robinas have shared a wonderful life for more than sixty years. Now in their eighties, Ella suffers from cancer and John has Alzheimer's. Yearning for one last adventure, the self-proclaimed "down-on-their-luck...
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Henry and his dog Mudge go with Henry's parents to visit Great-Grandpa Bill in the home with lots of other grandpas, they lead them all on a wonderful adventure.
55) Ancient light
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
An actor in the twilight of his career reflects on a poignant first love affair at the age of fifteen with his best friend's mother and inexplicably lands a role opposite a famous but fragile actress who helps him come to an astonishing realization.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
"An extraordinary debut, a deeply lovely novel that evokes with uncommon deftness the terrible, heartbreaking beauty that is life in wartime. Like the glorious ghosts of the paintings in the Hermitage that lie at the heart of the story, Dean's exquisite prose shimmers with a haunting glow, illuminating us to the notion that art itself is perhaps our most necessary nourishment. A superbly graceful novel." - Chang-Rae Lee, New York Times Bestselling...
Author
Publisher
Kregel Publications
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Eva wants to run away from her life-if only she could remember how.
Failing memory has forced Eva Gordon to move in with her granddaughter, Breezy. But Eva hates the bustle of Boston. All she wants to do is move back to her quiet, cozy Cape Cod home and be left alone.
Then Breezy announces she's getting married, and they'll be moving to her new husband's rundown family farm, where he lives with an elderly uncle. They'll be one big family-but only...
Author
Publisher
HarperOne
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Description
In Creative Care, Anne Basting lays the groundwork for a widespread transformation in our approach to elder care and uses compelling, touching stories to inspire and guide us all--family, friends, and health professionals--in how to connect and interact with those living with dementia. A MacArthur Genius Grant recipient, Basting tells the story of how she pioneered a radical change in how we interact with our older loved ones. Now used around the...
60) City of thieves
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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