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Though only thirty-eight, Anna Forster's mind is slipping away from her in Alzheimer's. She knows her family thinks they are taking care of her by admitting her to Rosalind House assisting-living, but Anna does not plan on staying there. However, when she meets Luke there, the only other patient her age, love blossoms, even as her disease steals more of her memories. When their two families get wind of the relationship and a tragic incident their relationship caused, they try to break Anna and Luke up, but Eve Bennett, the cook at Rosalind House, does what she can to help their love grow.

A group of angels are assigned an important mission on Earth to help former baseball hero Tyler Ames who has hit rock bottom; his long-lost love Sami Dawson; and elderly Virginia Hutcheson who's struggling with Alzheimer's. The angels work behind the scenes to connect the lives of these three people, and protect the life of a baby, still unborn, who will change history.

An autobiography of Glennon Doyle Melton discussing her life of secrets and addiction, and how she committed herself to living without secrets and recovery.

A memoir from journalist Mary Elizabeth Williams, who, after being diagnosed with advanced breast cancer, underwent controversial treatments to amaze the medical community.

"Whiskey and Charlie might have come from the same family, but they'd tell you two completely different stories about growing up. Whiskey is everything Charlie is not--bold, daring, carefree--and Charlie blames his twin brother for always stealing the limelight, always getting everything, always pushing Charlie back. By the time the twins reach adulthood, they are barely even speaking to each other ... When Charlie hears that Whiskey has been in a terrible accident and has slipped into a coma, Charlie can't make sense of it. Who is he without Whiskey?"--amazon.com.

"A spirited, wry, and utterly original memoir about one woman's struggle to make her way and set up a life after doctors discover a hole the size of a plum in her brain. The summer before she was set to head out-of-state to pursue her MFA, twenty-seven-year-old Cole Cohen submitted herself to a battery of tests. For as long as she could remember, she'd struggled with a series of learning disabilities that made it nearly impossible to judge time and space--standing at a cross walk, she couldn't tell you if an oncoming car would arrive in ten seconds or thirty; if you asked her to let you know when ten minutes had passed, she might notify you in a minute or an hour. These symptoms had always kept her from getting a driver's license, which she wanted to have for grad school. Instead of leaving the doctor's office with permission to drive, she left with a shocking diagnosis--doctors had found a large hole in her brain responsible for her life-long struggles. Because there aren't established tools to rely on in the wake of this unprecedented and mysterious diagnosis, Cole and her doctors and family create them, and discover firsthand how best to navigate the unique world that Cole lives in. Told without an ounce of self-pity and plenty of charm and wit, Head Case is ultimately a story of triumph, as we watch this passionate, loveable, and unsinkable young woman chart a path for herself"--.

Life was hard enough for Trick Croft as a college student and cancer patient--then the vampires attacked and slaughtered his best friend. Now Trick knows that his blood is poison to the bloodsuckers, and he will stop at nothing to eradicate them.

Maisie is a normal sixteen-year-old, until an electrical fire caused by a lightning strike leaves her with severe burns, her face partially destroyed--she is lucky enough to get a full face transplant but she soon discovers how much her looks shaped her own identity and her relationship with those around her, including her boyfriend.

Rebecca Alexander, a psychotherapist, spin instructor, volunteer, and athlete who is almost completely blind, with significantly deteriorated hearing, shares the physical, psychological, and philosophical obstacles she faces and reflects on how her disabilities have led to her deep appreciation for the things she still has and life.