The Toadstool Bookshops of Keene, Milford, and Peterborough, NH

David McCullough and Pamela Harrison will be signing their new books, My Mother, Your Mother and Out of Silence, respectively.

Ms. Harrison is an accomplished writer and teacher, specializing in poetry and non-fiction. Her writing has been featured in various publications, and she is the author of three books of poetry: Stereopticon, Okie Chronicles, and Out of Silence.

Geriatrician David McCullough has spent his life helping families to cope with their parents' aging and eventual final passage, experiences he faced with his own mother. In this comforting and much-needed book, My Mother, Your Mother, he recommends a new approach, which he terms "Slow Medicine." Shaped by common sense and kindness, grounded in traditional medicine yet receptive to alternative therapies, Slow Medicine advocates for careful anticipatory "attending" to an elder's changing needs rather than waiting for crises that force acute medical interventions - an approach that improves the quality of elders' extended late lives without bankrupting their families financially or emotionally. As Dr. McCullough argues, we need to learn that time and kindness are sometimes more important and humane at these late stages than state-of-the-art medical interventions.

My Mother, Your Mother: Embracing "Slow Medicine," the Compassionate Approach to Caring for Your Aging Loved Ones (Paperback)

By Dennis McCullough

$14.99

ISBN-13: 9780061243035
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Harper Paperbacks, 1/2009

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Out of Silence (Paperback)

By Pamela Harrison

$18.00

ISBN-13: 9781934999608
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Wordtech Communications, 5/2009

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