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Rosemary Rawlins

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Released 11/19
"All My Silent Years"

A story of sisterhood, survival, and belonging set in Cambodia in the 1970's. Heartbreakingly real, Sokha's story sheds light on the universal impulse to return home--and to explore what 'home' means to each of us.

Now in paperback and Kindle on Amazon

LEARNING BY ACCIDENT has been picked up by Skyhorse Publishing and is currently available in hardcover and on Audible.

Rosemary Rawlins is the author of Learning by Accident, an inspirational memoir about learning and growing from adversity through the experience of caring for her husband after a near-fatal bike crash. Rosemary has written over one hundred blog posts on BrainLine.org, an award winning WETA multimedia site and is the former Editor of BrainLine B ...more

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	Learning by Accident: A Caregiver's True Story of Family, Fear, and Hope 4.41 avg rating — 117 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Beneath the Armor A Caregiver's Story 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“you are not an athlete because of what you can do, but because of who you are: a team player, someone who never quits, who strives to be his personal best, and who believes in fair play.”
― Rosemary Rawlins

tags: adversity, athlete, cycling, health, tbi, trauma

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tags: adversity, athlete, cycling, health, tbi, trauma

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“The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction.”
― Rachel Carson

tags: destruction, ecology, reality, universe, wonder

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“Hope is a verb with its shirtsleeves rolled up.”
― David Orr

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“While we read a novel, we are insane—bonkers. We believe in the existence of people who aren't there, we hear their voices... Sanity returns (in most cases) when the book is closed.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin

tags: fiction, on-fiction

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