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Cathryn Wellner

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The Disappearing Pumpkin Choir

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Hope Wins: We Can Change th...

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Feisty Aging: Hope Wins for...

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Turkey Baby Finds Her Magic

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Your Task Is to Be Admired

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Cloud Talk (Turtle Talk, #1)

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That Tree Talked to Me

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How to End a Story by Helen Garner
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Season of Fury and Wonder by Sharon Butala
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With this collection of short stories about aging women, Butala solidifies her spot alongside Alice Munro and Carol Shields. Her characters would not make any woman want to rush toward her last chapter. They are raw and real. As someone whose cohort ...more
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Where the Lost Wander by Amy Harmon
Where the Lost Wander
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Amy Harmon is a new author for me, but her reputation drew me to try this book. It began slowly, after the first, harrowing chapter, and I feared a lightweight "Goldilocks on the Oregon Trail" epic. It was much better than that in Harmon's skilled ha ...more
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We Survived the Night by Julian Brave NoiseCat
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Amy Harmon is a new author for me, but her reputation drew me to try this book. It began slowly, after the first, harrowing chapter, and I feared a lightweight "Goldilocks on the Oregon Trail" epic. It was much better than that in Harmon's skilled ha ...more
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Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
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This quiet, warm novella is a tribute to the human spirit and to the change that is possible when we open our hearts to the suffering around us.

The brief review above was my response in March 2023, when I gave it five stars. But I read many books aft
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The Swedish Art of Aging Exuberantly by Margareta Magnusson
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Having seen her earlier book so widely recommended, I was looking forward to this one. Alas, I ended up disappointed. It was a disjointed ramble that would have been better as a conversation over coffee. I'm happy for Magnusson to have experienced su ...more
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On the Bright Side by Hendrik Groen
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I met Hendrik Groen a quarter of the way through his 83rd year. (Still haven't read the prequel, Two Old Men and a Baby.) In this book, Hendrik is doggedly writing in his journal as he and the Old But Not Dead Yet club make their way through another ...more
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“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
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Jim May Congratulations, Cathryn, on all of your success. I've known you as a fine spoken word artist and storyteller . . . and now a fine writer. Bravo!


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