"Turning Points in Women's Lives" is a compilation of 41 stories by women, born in the early 20th century and now living in a retirement community in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Each author tells how she was influenced by a person(s) or event that played a significant role in her life and gave direction to who she became. Each woman survived, persevered and came to terms with her one life in her own unique way. This book is marked by extraordinary diversity: geographic -- born in every corner of the United States; demographic - some from large cities, others from farming communities; socioeconomic - from comfortable middle-class homes, others affected by the Great Depression; cultural - Caucasian, Native American, Hispanic, European. The historical context of the times - World War II, the 1950s and '60s, the sexual revolution, the electronic age -- influenced the direction and opportunities open to these 70, 80 and 90 year olds.

Turning Points in Women's Lives

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Nuevo Books

"Call The Vet" is a dramatic and colorful story of Donna's life from the dust bowl days of Kansas to the rich life of raising a family on a small farm in New Mexico. It acquaints the reader of the difficulties of being born in the depression years and surviving through eighty years of changing times.

Call the Vet

Londene, Carl E.

Londene, Donna A.

Memoirs

This is the true story of how and when I met the legitimate, illegitimate son of the King of Rock 'n' Roll, Mr. Elvis Presley. These are the trials and tribulations of ghostwriting John Dennis Smith's epic and incredible mystery of being adopted and discovering his birthright. This is his journey, of finding out, WHO, his birth mother and birth father really were. This too, is of my adventure, trying to get the full story documented, written and published for the world to read of this incredible, well kept secret of over five decades.

In the Shadow of Elvis, Perils of a Ghostwriter

Austin, Rico

A high level radio news broadcast executive, Art Schreiber suddenly lost his eyesight. At the top of his career as a radio station general manager, Art awoke one morning at a resort near Santa Fe, New Mexico, unable to see. His world was in complete darkness. After facing total despair, Art plotted his return to the top while learning to live life in a new way in a new world. Art's refusal to fold his tent when his eyesight failed and his struggle to live life to the fullest will inspire any person who reads his story. Art's greatest reward in life is encouraging and motivating others who face similar challenges.

Out of Sight: Blind and Doing All Right

Schreiber, Arthur a.

"Turning Points in Women's Lives, Vol. II" is a continuing exploration of significant influences in the lives of women, now in their 70s, 80s and 90s, who live in a life-care retirement community in Albuquerque, N.M. Since the first award-winning book (2012) was so well received, the editors invited additional women to respond to the same question. In Vol. II, 40 women explore the influence of a person(s) or event that played a significant role in her life and gave direction to who she became. The stories in Vol. II replicate the original book in their diversity (geographic, demographic, socioeconomic, cultural) and historical context (World War II, the 1950s and '60s, the sexual revolution and the electronic age), but each story is a unique tale of how its author survived, persevered and came to terms with her one life in her own way.

Turning Points in Women's Lives, Volume Two

"One afternoon, David brought home nine goldfish to swim in the pond...Bright orange goldfish, orange and white goldfish, orange goldfish with black freckles and beautiful black goldfish tumbled out of the bag into the water..." So begins Nine Goldfish in David's Pond by Ellen Hasenecz Calvert, a story of the beauty of a backyard world and the ten beings who inhabit it: a young explorer, still on the cusp of discovering this private world, and the nine multicolored fish who will invite him into it, sharing it with him, teaching him, and making a connection with him as he learns to care for them. It is a soothing story illustrated with charming watercolors, ideal for the child learning responsibility for other living creatures in the world we share. Nine Goldfish in David's Pond is Ellen Hasenecz Calvert's second book. Ellen, a psychologist and prize winning poet, left her native New Jersey in 1989 to come to the Southwest, where she fell in love with the land, the cultures, and the people who lived there. While living in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Ellen wrote the award winning book, Pilgrim: Tales of a Traveling Cat. Presently, Ellen is working on a book of short stories in Santa Fe.

Nine Goldfish in David's Pond

Children's Books

Calvert, Ellen Hasenecz

Animals

"Call the Vet" is a dramatic and colorful story of Donna's life from the dust bowl days of Kansas to the rich life of raising a family on a small farm in New Mexico. It acquaints the reader of the difficulties of being born in the depression years and surviving through eighty years of changing times.

Donna A. Londene Carl E. Londene

Donna A. Londene

This biography is the true story of ELVIS the King of Rock n' Roll and his legitimate, illegitimate son. This book explores the relationships of those closest to ELVIS PRESLEY and the influences each of them had that kept ELVIS from claiming his first born John Smith Presley. This ELVIS story is different than any other in that it is the most complete book on ELVIS, including his relationships with his parents Gladys Smith Presley and Vernon Presley. Colonel Tom Parker and his management of ELVIS that eventually led to ELVIS being overworked to exhaustion and turning to prescription medication for rest is frankly written. The Memphis Mafia, the famous backup singers - The Jordanaires and Elvis' favorite singer Sherrill Nielsen are all in this must read book for ELVIS fans.

Son of the King: An Elvis Paradox Unveiled

Humor & Entertainment

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Turning Points in Women's Lives

Call the Vet

In the Shadow of Elvis, Perils of a Ghostwriter

Out of Sight: Blind and Doing All Right

Turning Points in Women's Lives, Volume Two

Nine Goldfish in David's Pond

Call the Vet

Son of the King: An Elvis Paradox Unveiled