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Spiritual Support at the End of Life February 5, 2019 
The New Shingles Shot: Much More Effective Than the Old One January 30, 2019 - What Spirituality Means to Older People January 10, 2019
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Shared Stigma, Separate Silos, Part 1 February 18, 2019 
Dementia: The Greatest Caregiving Challenge of All February 13, 2019 
Organizing Your Documents, Part 1: In Case of Emergency January 18, 2019
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Cinema
All About Eve- One of the true classics of American cinema. This backstage drama is as tart and smart and relevant as it was during its initial release in 1950. …
Aquarius- Sonia Braga delivers a wonderful performance as a widowed 65-year-old who is being pressured by her adult children, as well as developers, to leave her longtime home …
Fiction
The Housekeeper and the Professor- Translated from Japanese, so elegant and spare that it’s quite remarkable, this novella should not be missed. Neither main character is ever named. …
The Dollhouse: A Novel- Aspiring career women of the 1950s often left home to attend secretarial school or to seek jobs in New York City. The times called for young, unmarried women to live… …
Nonfiction
The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss- After heiress Gloria Vanderbilt, the “poor little rich girl” of the infamous 1940s’ child custody battle, has a life-threatening illness at 91, her son Anderson Cooper, the CNN news correspondent,… …
Bettyville: A Memoir- George Hodgman is an urbane and sophisticated gay man, blissfully separated from his upbringing in Paris, MO. …
Children’s Books
The Orphan Boy- This Maasai tale from Africa is about a magical secret that will be ruined if found out—and the consuming curiosity to discover it anyway. …
Bread and Roses, Too- This absorbing novel takes place during the infamous 1912 “Bread and Roses” strike in the textile mills of Lawrence, Massachusetts. …