Granny Can’t Remember Me is a lighthearted picture book about Alzheimer’s disease and dementia told from the perspective of a six-year-old boy, appropriate for children in preschool through early elementary school (ages 3 – 8). Granny can’t remember that Joey likes soccer and rockets and dogs. Granny can’t remember much of anything. But with Granny’s stories of her Three Best Days, Joey knows she loves him just the same. Alzheimer’s disease is more and more common, and many young children experience this sometimes scary and sad family situation. Granny Can’t Remember Me shows a boy’s acceptance and love for his grandmother despite this unfortunate illness.

Granny Can't Remember Me: A Children's Book About Alzheimer's

Children's Books

McCormick, Susan

Education & Reference

Carroll Press

Young, overworked medical intern Sarah James has no time for sleuthing. Her elderly neighbors, the spunky Fog Ladies, have nothing but time. When, one by one, old ladies die in their elegant apartment building in San Francisco, Sarah assumes it is the natural consequence of growing old. The Fog Ladies assume murder. Mrs. Bridge falls off a stool cleaning bugs out of her kitchen light. Mrs. Talwin hits her head in the bathtub and drowns. Suddenly, the Pacific Heights building is turning over tenants faster than the fog rolls in on a cool San Francisco evening.Sarah resists the Fog Ladies' perseverations. But when one of them falls down the stairs and tells Sarah she was pushed, even Sarah believes evil lurks in their building. Can they find the killer before they fall victim themselves?

The Fog Ladies (1)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

The Wild Rose Press

Till death do us part, with kitchen shears. What drives a family man to kill his wife? This question haunts Sarah James, a medical resident who meets the unhappy family at a resort near Big Sur. She witnesses how ugly a marriage can be. But murder? Sarah and the spunky Fog Ladies--elderly neighbors from her San Francisco apartment building--set out to discover the truth. Their probing finds the threat is perilously close to home, as another troubled family struggles to survive.

The Fog Ladies: Family Matters (A San Francisco Cozy Murder Mystery)

Wild Rose Press

Kirkus Reviews says: "Impressively timely and resonant. A high-stakes and exciting tale of good versus evil that thoughtfully reflects on modern maladies."Midwest Book Reviews calls it "a page-ripping suspenseful tale of good and evil."Can a curse become a gift? Twelve-year-old Alex Revelstoke is different. He can see disease. Also injury, illness, and anything else wrong with the body. This comes in handy when a classmate chokes on a hot dog or when the janitor suffers a heart attack unclogging a gooey science experiment gone awry. But Alex soon learns his new ability puts him and an unsuspecting world in peril. Throughout time, Revelstokes have waged a battle against ancient evil itself. A man, a being, an essence--the creator of disease. Alex has seen its darkness. He has felt its strength. He does not want to fight. But Alex is the last Revelstoke. The war has just begun.With her unique perspective as a doctor, mother, and writer, McCormick combines her knowledge of medicine and her storytelling skills to craft a one-of-a-kind adventure about disease, darkness, and deception -- one readers won't be able to put down.

The Antidote

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Product Description "Humorous and compelling."New York Journal of Books The Fog Ladies are back, in the third installment of this endearing cozy murder mystery series. "There was a man in the soup." When the Fog Ladies volunteer at a San Francisco soup kitchen, these spunky elderly friends plus one overworked young doctor-in-training envision washing and chopping and serving. Not murder. Now the soup kitchen is doomed, and the mysteries have just begun. Was the death rooted in a long-ago grudge? Can they save the soup kitchen? Will they find the killer? Could the Fog Ladies, too, end up "in the soup"? Review Age cannot slow them down. Their love and caring of each other is a testament to this humorous and compelling tale, offering a delightful addition to this cozy series.--New York Journal of BooksBeautifully crafted... A fun-filled cozy mystery for all to enjoy.--Midwest Book ReviewSophisticated and nicely crafted... A smartly written cross between women's fiction and cozy mystery. --Reading is my Superpower BlogThis has all the ingredients to satisfy: humor, a dash of romance, a colorful cast of characters and a charming [dog]. The Fog Ladies: In the Soup is a whodunit to savor.--The BookmongerKeeps readers guessing with an entertaining whodunit as twisty as San Francisco's famed Lombard Street! ...Another outstanding puzzle in this superbly crafted cozy mystery series!--InD'tale Magazine From the Inside Flap "Poor Boris," said Harriet Flynn. "I hope he's all right." "Yes, that poor little dog. He must have seen the whole thing. Oh, dear. Oh, dear," said Alma Gordon Enid Carmichael's own dog, Snowball, would be mighty upset if he saw her topple into a soup pot. Well, maybe not upset. Maybe more interested in the soup. Mrs. Carmichael had been in intensive care once for a whole week, and when she returned the dog showed how much he missed her by eating her "Get Well" fruit candies. He had diarrhea for days. Boris sounded more distraught. "I told the soup kitchen I would come back this afternoon to help them clean up. I said we'd all come. It's too big a job for the two of them, and they're pretty shaken," Frances Noonan said. Just like her to volunteer them all, Enid thought. "Of course we'll come," Harriet Flynn said. What was it now with Harriet Flynn? She was suddenly as much a do-gooder as Frances Noonan. "Oh, dear. I don't know if I want to see that big pot," Alma Gordon said. "What about the soup?" Enid Carmichael said. "No Big Pot Soup Contest? The judges aren't coming? "There was a man in the soup," Frances Noonan said. "But he must be gone now," Enid persisted. About the Author Susan McCormick is an award-winning author and doctor who lives in Seattle. She graduated from Smith College and George WashingtonUniversity Medical School, with additional medical training in Washington, DC and San Francisco, where she lived in an elegan tapartment building much like the one in the book. She served as a doctor for nine years in the US Army before moving to the Pacific Northwest and civilian practice. She is married and has two boys. She loves giant dogs and has loved Earl, an English Mastiff, and two Newfoundlands, Edward and Albert. Visit her at susanmccormickbooks.com.

The Fog Ladies: In the Soup (A San Francisco Cozy Murder Mystery)

I love this series... Susan McCormick is masterful... I adore these Fog Ladies. --NN Light's Book Heaven\nThe Fog Ladies are at it again, spunky senior sleuths and an overstressed young medical resident solving murders from their elegant apartment building in San Francisco. They join a senior dating group, and romantic intrigue soon turns to murder. Graham Parselle, lady killer extraordinaire, plunges off a cliff on a Senior Singles outing. Did one of his dates pitch him over? Or is Olivia Honeycut's new beau to blame?

The Fog Ladies: Date with Death (A San Francisco Cozy Murder Mystery)

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