family relationships

Provides specific, practical advice on how to meet the challenges of caring for a relative with Alzheimer's Disease, focusing on how to find the best health care and treatments.

The author recalls her experiences growing up with a schizophrenic mother in the 1970s, discussing the nearly four years she and her sister spent in a cottage with their mother who believed she had been ordered to outfit the house as a field hospital in a secret war, and sharing her experiences as an adult trying to reconstruct the course of her mother's illness.

Small-town newspaper editor Jason Harper's life is turned upside-down when a shabbily dressed man arrives on his doorstep, claiming to be Jason's older brother, who has been missing for more than three decades.

A memoir in which Elizabeth Cohen shares the story of her experiences as a suddenly single career mother who found herself in the position of caring for both her child, and her aging father.

Mark Doty discusses what it was like to grow up as a homosexual, how his parents and siblings reacted to the news, and how he came to terms with his sexuality.

Describes the history and achievements of notable families involved in stock car racing, including the Frances, the Pettys, and the Elliotts.

Hospice nurse Maggie Callanan shares the lessons she has learned about how to offer comfort and care to loved ones in their final days.