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How a special cat helps people at the end of their lives

Title: Making rounds with Oscar
By: David Dosa

This is a remarkable book about a very ordinary, yet extraordinary cat. The story is set in the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, an Alzheimer’s nursing home facility in Providence, Rhode Island. The cast of characters include the nursing home staff, residents, and six cats. In this tale of ... [Read more]

Posted by downingp on Nov. 3, 2010
Tags: non-fiction, large print
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Halley's Comet 1910

Title: The Whistling Season
By: Ivan Doig

The setting is 1910 in Marias Coulee, CO and a family consisting of a widower and his three young sons are in desperate need of a housekeeper so the father answers an ad from the weekly newspaper that begins "Can't Cook But Doesn't Bite." Thus begins the memory of an ... [Read more]

Posted by wolnerb on Oct. 24, 2010
Tags: fiction, large print
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Moving to Brooklyn?

Title: Brooklyn Follies
By: Paul Auster

"I was looking for a quiet place to die." Why would anyone want to read a book that begins with that sentence I asked myself. Fortunately, I read the next few pages and was hooked. This is not a book about death and dying; this is a book about the ... [Read more]

Posted by wolnerb on Aug. 30, 2010
Tags: fiction, large print
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