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The Dwindling: A Daughter’s Caregiving Journey to the Edge of Life by Janet Dunnett

September 17, 2017 by James M. Fisher

The Dwindling (2017, Journeys Press) is a unique book in the Health/Memoir genre for it is written by one-half of a “Twin Team” of identical twin sisters that endeavoured to care for their aged parents, the father with dementia, the mother with multiple health problems, pain being the primary one that caused her the most …

The Spanish Boy by C.S. Reardon

March 14, 2018November 19, 2016 by James M. Fisher

The year is 1936 and the Clarey family of Halifax, Nova Scotia is, by all accounts, a typical family. The father, Charles is the latest owner of Clarey Paint and Glass, a business started by his grandfather. Charles and Mary Clarey live in a house with their children Edith (Edie) and Mel. Their oldest, Gus …