An irreverent DJ and die-hard New Yorker braces for disaster when she moves to the Bible Belt to care for her estranged, doll-obsessed, hoarder mother. What unfolds in this best-selling memoir is a hilarious, heartbreaking love story that sees eldercare and making peace with the past in a most unexpected way. Bonus material in the paperback version includes an author Q&amp;A, Mama Jo's Favorite Cookie award-winning recipe, caregiving tips, and discussion questions.“This generous gift of a book explores the mystery of how doing the right thing can, in the end, become infinitely more.” TOMMY HAYS “Who knew aging, memory-impaired mothers could surprise their reluctantly dutiful daughters? Jo’s counter-intuitive take on caring for Mama Jo speaks to the resilience in late-life family care relationships. As author and memoirist, Jo delighted participants at Duke’s Alzheimer’s conference by encouraging them to seek fresh, positive and personal perspectives on caring.” LISA P. GWYTHER, MSW, co-author The Alzheimer’s Action Plan: A Family Guide, Director of Duke Aging Center Family Support Program

When I Married My Mother: A Daughter's Search for What Really Matters - and How She Found It Caring for Mama Jo

Biographies & Memoirs

Jo Maeder

Community & Culture

Vivant Press

Alyce flew 4,000 miles to learn French, sophistication, and inspire jealousy in her ex-boyfriend. Enter the très different, exasperating Jean-Luc. Fleeing to a total immersion language school in the idyllic South of France, Alyce puts love and her failed career on hold to do an extreme makeover on herself. While she struggles to learn French and attain some degree of chic, she attracts the attention of several locals, with disastrous results. Tension escalates to a new level when she’s forced to stay at the guest cottage of the enigmatic author Jean-Luc. She finds herself strangely attracted to him, though he seems to despise her and they communicate mostly through bickering. Soon, Alyce must choose between what she thought she wanted and something totally different. Set against the alluring background of the Mediterranean with recipes inspired by Provence, Opposites Attack is a fast-paced romantic comedy with a French twist.

Opposites Attack: A Novel With Recipes Provencal

Literature & Fiction

Maeder, Jo

Contemporary

Over a quarter century after her father’s death, Jo Maeder was given the contents of an old green metal filing cabinet that was his. She discovered a treasure trove on the illustrious aviation and military careers of George Weitz that she knew little about. His writing success as a funny, folksy “cracker-barrel” style aviation inspector came as a complete surprise. He had grown up in Brooklyn. Determined to dig deeper, she pieced together her father's mysterious life from misspent youth to Marine lieutenant colonel to government chief in the FAA. She also peeled back layers in his various marriages, including his last one to an outrageous Brit. Revealed against the backdrop of a post-WWII explosion in the number of aircraft and pilots that created non-stop havoc, aviation fans will love ZERK ‘EM. So will anyone who enjoys a provocative hidden history told with warmth and wisdom.

Zerk 'Em and Pull the Push Rods: A Wry Squint at Aviation in the Mid-20th Century

Engineering & Transportation

Weitz, George

Transportation

"Grabs you on the first page and keeps the intrigue high. A rockin' radio riot that reveals everything." --PAUL SHAFFER, Musical Director Late Show with David Letterman Teeming with stalkers and smooth-talkers, rappers and rockers, NAKED DJ is biting satire at its all-too-real best. What "Jazmyn" Brown is asked to do to boost ratings and her radio career has her reeling -- and questioning everything and everyone around her. Just how much of herself should she expose for her job? What will she do about the two men she loves? And could those demons from her past vanish already? Fans of Nick Hornby, Jennifer Weiner, Carl Hiaasen and Candace Bushnell will feel right at home. Penned by a bestselling author and former DJ ("The Rock and Roll Madame" when her show followed Howard Stern's on New York City's K-ROCK), get ready for an uncensored and hilarious backstage pass to one woman's treacherous rise to the radio top. Reading group guide included.

Naked DJ

Humor & Satire

Debbie Verhoeven is not your typical woman. *She sacrificed a counseling career to be a full-time mother. *She’d rather pound a nail than round steak. *Oprah? No way! Give her ESPN any day. *Nothing could be more stressful than scrapbooking. Nothing, except … A distressing diagnosis, a husband who is pulling away, and two older brothers who refuse to get along. When the counselor is caught in the middle, when she needs to be strong for those around her, who is left to be strong for her?

Pieces of Granite (Coming Home, Prequel) (Coming Home Series)

Religion & Spirituality

Anderson, Brenda S.

Christian Books & Bibles

Manhattan businessman Richard Brooks was at the top of the world, drunk with success, wealth, and women, and he proudly lived that prodigal lifestyle, until one disastrous evening, when that world came crashing down.Richard flees to Minneapolis where he repairs ancient boilers instead of solving corporate problems, and he's determined to live the solitary life he now deserves.But Executive Sheila Peterson has other plans for the handsome custodian. Richard appears to be the perfect match for the no-strings-attached romance she's after, but she soon discovers that he's hiding more than the designer clothes in his closet.

Chain of Mercy

Newlyweds Richard and Sheila Brooks have it all. Sheila is pregnant. Richard’s business is flourishing. Their formerly broken lives have been mended, and life couldn’t be better.Or so they thought.Just a few years ago, Richard had thrived in Manhattan’s fast-paced business world, yet that’s the very place he abandoned his faith. Now that his faith is restored, he never planned to return to that old life. But then the New York corporation that once rejected him calls, begging him to come back. Richard knows returning is unwise, but his gut is telling him to go.Sheila yearns to have something from her childhood to pass on to her child, but when her parents abandoned her years ago, they took all remnants of her past with them. Then, out of the blue, her aging father calls, asking to be let back into her life. Her head screams “no”, but her traitorous heart is saying “yes.”If Richard and Sheila answer these calls from their pasts, will they risk breaking what they’ve spent so much time mending?

Memory Box Secrets (Coming Home)

Brenda S. Anderson

After a troubling encounter with a pregnant teen, Sheila Peterson-Brooks hurries from the crisis pregnancy center into the frigid Minnesota winter where she is mugged and left for dead. After a frantic search, Richard, her husband, finds her, and the police quickly nab the mugger …A hungry, homeless teen.The brother of the pregnant girl Sheila had just counseled.The girl pleads for her brother, and Sheila and Richard choose not to press charges. Instead, they open their home to the boy, a move that could cost them their possessions, and their hearts.And, in the process, teach them the true meaning of home.

Hungry for Home (Coming Home)

When flowers and chocolate collide, romance is sure to bloom.Family has always been the one constant in Jess Beaumont's messy life, so when her parents separate, she puts "Operation: Planting Hope" into action. All she has to do is recreate the circumstances that helped her parents fall in love. Unfortunately, that includes the daunting task of restoring the family cabin's gardens. When the handsome candy store owner shows up to help, she's certain she has all the elements required for her parents' love to bloom again. After all, flowers and chocolate are the perfect ingredients for romance.Luke Harrison has spent his life trying to win his father's approval, and a promotion in the family land development business would be a step in that direction. But when he inherits Gran's candy store, his dreams of being promoted start melting away. Then his dad dangles a Vice President position in front of Luke, with one caveat--acquire the land on both sides of Gran's store within five months, including the Beaumont cabin, and the promotion is his.What at first seemed a simple challenge for Luke becomes a tangled mess. Buying the Beaumont cabin and land will nip his blossoming romance with Jess in the bud. Even worse, it could end her parents' marriage. But if he doesn't succeed, he could be trading in his corner office for the corner candy store.

Planting Hope (Where the Heart Is)

Can she forgive the man who once bullied her,and learn that love keeps no record of wrongs?Having overcome the crippling insecurities of childhood bullying, Lauren Bauman is eager to start her new job 1,000 miles away, and road-tripping across the country with her brother Nate and his new friend seems to be the perfect way to celebrate the move. But her confidence is shaken when she meets Nate's friend--the kid who'd bullied her years before, trapping her in a decade-long shell of self-doubt.For Jet Wurm, losing his job and getting kicked out of his apartment were the best things that ever happened to him. Thanks to the friend who rescued him, he's finally shedding the loser label he'd worn for years. Nate even invited him along on a cross-country road trip with his sister, and Jet couldn't be more excited. But then he meets Lauren, and her fearful reaction tells him they must have met before. Where, he can't recall, but he has no doubt he'd somehow hurt her--like he'd hurt so many others in his past. And now he's stuck on a six-day road trip with a woman who obviously deplores him.Though Jet is clearly not the same person who'd bullied her years before, Lauren still struggles to forgive him. But if she doesn't find the courage to forgive, will that convince Jet he's as worthless as he'd always been taught to believe? Or will they learn that real love keeps no record of wrongs?

Long Way Home (The Potter's House Books)

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