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The Prince of Tides
In his most brilliant and powerful novel, Pat Conroy tells the story of Tom Wingo, his twin sister, Savannah, and the dark and violent past of the family into which they were born. Set in New York City and the lowcountry of South Carolina, the novel opens when Tom, a high school football coach whose marriage and career are crumbling, flies from South Carolina to New York after learning of his twin sister's suicide attempt. Savannah is one of the most gifted poets of her generation, and both the cadenced beauty of her art and the jumbled cries of her illness are clues to the too-long-hidden story of her wounded family. In the paneled offices and luxurious restaurants of New York City, Tom and...
Dancing with Dementia
Christine Bryden was a top civil servant and single mother of three children when she was diagnosed with dementia at the age of 46. Dancing with Dementia is a vivid account of her experiences of living with dementia, exploring the effects of memory problems, loss of independence, difficulties in communication and the exhaustion of coping with simple tasks. She describes how, with the support of her husband Paul, she continues to lead an active life nevertheless, and explains how professionals and carers can help. This book is a thoughtful exploration of how dementia challenges our ideas of personal identity and of the process of self-discovery it can bring about.
Bedlam
Follow a young therapist as he fights to work with troubles teens in a modern psychiatric hospital. In his war against mental illness he faces battles with abuse, lies, violence and incest. This is a huminizing, intimate and entertaining coming of age journey of a shrink through the moral and administrative morass of a mental hospital.
Unfinished Business
Unfinished Business By: Beth Capizzi As Kayleen Carlton’s father grows increasingly ill, she’s forced to put her dreams of fashion designing on hold and to take on more of a role in her father’s business—as if she doesn’t have enough on her plate right now. With money missing from the business accounts, two twin daughters to raise, a husband who is pursuing his own career, Kayleen is doing all she can to make it through the next day. But when her former love shows up out of the blue, Kayleen can’t help but feel something. As she quickly realizes her former feelings aren’t so in the past, Kayleen has no choice but to face the future—and her unfinished business.
Who will I be when I die?
Christine Bryden was 46 when she was diagnosed with dementia, and in this book she describes her remarkable emotional, physical and spiritual journey in the three years immediately following. Originally published in Australia in 1998, the book is brought completely up-to-date with new material and photographs, and is a truly inspirational read.
Graduate Attributes in Higher Education
Graduate Attributes in Higher Education illuminates the value of graduate attributes for students, graduates and lecturers in higher education. A coherent, intelligent, subtle and important enhancement to the field, this text guides readers through a theoretical and historical analysis of graduate attributes, using interdisciplinary and interprofessional lenses. This unique approach offers pertinent coverage of a wider range of graduate attributes than one usually sees, generating multiple perspectives and discourses that have implications for both theory and practice. Through an open and exploratory analysis, this text asks questions such as the following: • Are programmes of study which ...
Rescue Me
Meredith Jacobs has long since given up passion for duty...but sexy search and rescue officer Cole Phillips is the perfect excuse to cut loose. In the tropical paradise of Sunset Bay, she can enjoy a carefree evening in his arms before she goes back to her all-work-no-play life. At least, that's the plan.Cole's history with women has taught him to keep his heart under wraps, but beneath Meredith's prim-and-proper exterior he finds a fire to match his own. She stirs emotions far more dangerous than lust--and presents a challenge tougher than any special ops rescue mission.A misunderstanding keeps them at odds until an unexpected encounter brings Meredith and Cole face to face with the desire that flares between them. Has the bad boy finally met his match? Or this time, is he the one in need of rescue?
New Families, Old Scripts
"Case study families are used to highlight challenges adoptive parents are likely to encounter, such as dealing with anger and aggression, understanding sibling issues, managing sexualised behaviour or living with a child who is 'too good'. Detailed explanatory letters addressed to individual families present the material in sensitive, jargon-free ways to help parents make sense of, translate and transform their children's puzzling behavioural communications: 'the language of trauma' learned in their birth families."--BOOK JACKET.
Nothing about us, without us!
Advocating for dementia for 20 years, Christine Bryden has been instrumental in ensuring that people with dementia are included in discussions about the condition and how to manage and think about it. This collection of her hard-hitting and inspiring insider presentations demands 'nothing about us, without us!' and promotes self-advocacy and self-reflection. Provocative and insightful, the pieces included in the book address issues that demand attention, and will change the way dementia is perceived, and the lives of people with dementia and their families.
