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1) A Long Time
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Older age is not the time to slow down and wait to die. Ned Quist, an author, has lost in his life, but has decided to renew old acquaintences, refresh friendships from his high school band and find happiness as a member of a band comprised of the infirm and old. Old relationships are reestablished and high school band members become octogenarian members of a band whose goal is fun, friendship and the opportunity to take the stage and play. Older...
2) Meandering
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Like many others, it starts with infidelity and death. Unlike others, it travels from innocence, to reality, and returns to innocence, this time with spices of redemption and hope. A doctor, his alduterous wife, a pastor's wife, her adulterous, sanctimonious husband, and Snake, a young man whose nickname innacurately describes his character, the man around which all others revolve. Riddles are solved and sins are forgiven as relationships change and...
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Paul Thomas was handed a death sentence, incurable, Stage Four lung cancer. As he returned home to die, Paul accepted his fate and asked it to take him, quickly, without fanfare, but as he was reminded of the fulfilling life he'd lived, he determined to reconnect with life and enjoy his final days with those he loved most. In hospice, on his final jouney, in spite of uncertainty and pain, Paul finds joy and contentment. Hospice, Journey Home, is a...
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Although he left Vietnam, it traveled home with him. Ernie Quist, a Navy Corpsman, adjusts to life after war with the help of friends, some alive, others dead and learns that no one escapes Vietnam unscathed. A book about the challenges war creates and the rewards that can be mined with hard work, a commitment to growth and the help of new and old relationships. A Sailor's Story is a satisfying journey from sweltering hospital tents in Southeast Asia...
6) Amends
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Swede Tom Cooper was born to a Caucasian man and a Japanese mother a decade before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Tom is branded by his eyes and struggles throughout his life as a patriotic American who is suspect because he looks more like the enemy than those he with whom he attends school, those he counsels as a Lutheran pastor, or those with whom he grows old. It is a story of perserverance, a battle with dementia, and a life well lived while surrounded...