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Book SynopsisAn original ethnography of sound and listening in one of our major institutions, Hearing and the Hospital reveals the hospital to be a space in which several modes of listening are simultaneously in play and in which different layers of auditory knowledge and experience coexist. Engaging with Sound Studies, the Anthropology of the Senses, Medical Anthropology and Science and Technology Studies in this volume, Tom Rice shows how sound and listening produce, articulate and mediate social relations inside the hospital; how listening acquires direction and focus within that environment; and how certain sounds become endowed with particular meanings and associations. He also exposes many of the sensory minutiae that both underpin and undermine the production of medical knowledge and skill. Hearing and the Hospital creates an acoustic interrogation of hospital life, and in doing so questions accepted ideas about the sense of hearing itself. There's a great deal to admire in Tom Rice's ethnography of the aural politics of the hospital. First because it represents a unique conjunction of the ethnography of sound and senses with medical anthropology and social studies of science. Next because it patiently details how sound as a way of knowing so deeply informs social practices of medical listening. And finally because it is so successful in revealing both how hospitals and bodies pulse as acoustic spaces, and how patients and doctors professionalize, personalize, and participate as situated listeners.(Steven Feld, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Music, University of New Mexico). Tom Rice is Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Exeter, and specializes in auditory culture. As well as writing and teaching on sound he has produced audio pieces including the BBC Radio 4 feature The Art of Water Music.

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Book SynopsisA moving, often very funny graphic memoir about what it is like to grow up with an illness that no one can diagnose. When the headaches started, Sarah Lippett would stand alone on a different side of the playground from the other children. When she started to drag one of her legs, her parents took her to hospital, and so began the visits to many different doctors, each one more bewildered by her illness than the last. Initially schooled at home, when Sarah went back to school she was placed with the struggling kids, and still so often ill, she felt even more alone. But although Sarah's parents often despaired of the stream of appointments and no cure, they never showed it and she grew up in the midst of a boisterous, loving family and found good friends at last, as well as venturing into bands, art, boys, books and records. Finally, when Sarah turned sixteen, she was admitted to Great Ormond Street Hospital where the doctors diagnosed her with the rare disease, Moyamoya. The book ends with Sarah waking up after brain surgery.Trade ReviewIf this doesn’t make you cry, you may be a robot rather than a human being… But there is joy here, too, and not only in [Lippett’s] wonderful illustrations. As those who loved her first book, Stan and Nan, will know, she is so deft when it comes to the details of time, place and family life… She can also be very droll… [A Puff of Smoke] is deeply affecting – and not a little chastening, too. -- Rachel Cooke * Observer, *Graphic Novel of the Month* *The panels grab you in an emotional, immediate way. There’s no polish, just pure feeling… it is a credit to Lippett’s creation that you want more of it. Intimate and deeply personal, with a healthy dose of humour thrown in, A Puff Of Smoke is a moving account of a childhood marked by love, pain and confusion. Vital reading for anyone who’s had their own tumultuous path towards getting an all-important diagnosis. -- Chloe Walker * CULTUREFLY *A Puff Of Smoke – all scratchy lines and splashy colour – is a journey from innocence to experience, and from hospital ward to hospital ward... One more thing. It's very funny. -- Teddy Jamieson * Herald Scotland *A heartbreaking journey. * It's Nice That *[A] movingly recounted saga * Strong Words *

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Book SynopsisChapter 1. Rabies, A neglected tropical disease.- Chapter 2. Vibrio cholerae.- Chapter 3. Orthohantaviruses. A Zoonotic Public Health Threat.- Chapter 4. Co-infection; a neglected health condition in Northern Ghana in the wake of COVID-19.- Chapter 5. Rolling out COVID-19 RDT for Point of Care Diagnoses in Managing and Curbing COVID-19 in Ghana.- Chapter 6. Rolling out COVID-19 RDT for Point of Care Diagnoses in Managing and Curbing COVID-19 in Ghana.- Chapter 7. Prevalence of Fungal Infections in Populations Affected with COVID-19.- Chapter 8. The unique response to a pandemic of a small island nation. The importance of infection prevention and control and a strong public health platform.- Chapter 9. Resilience to Disease Outbreaks in Limited Resource Endemic Regions- A Post-COVID-19 Analysis.- Chapter 10. Human Mobility, Migration and the Spread of Ebola Virus Disease in Resource Limited Settings.- Chapter 11. Vaccines- Development, Access, Delivery and Hesitancy.- Chapter 12. Telescopic view of Future Pandemics.

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Book Synopsis1. Primary Healthcare in Times of Public Health Emergencies.- 2. Policy Development in Primary Healthcare in Hong Kong: Building an Effective District Health System.- 3. Community Health Models.- 4. Financial Considerations in Primary Healthcare after COVID-19.- 5. Sustainable Healthcare Systems Based on Primary Healthcare.- 6. Capacity Building and Management Competence in Primary Healthcare More Than Ever.- 7. The Misinformation of Social Media during the COVID-19: Reflections and Suggestions.- 8. Public Private Partnership Enhancing Resilience in Primary Healthcare.- 9. Shared Care and Referral System.- 10. Application of Strategic Purchasing in Primary Healthcare.

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Book SynopsisDrug misuse is a major challenge for health professionals in the 21st century, and community pharmacy holds a key place in the management of prescribed medication, the provision of health education and promotion messages to drug users. Two decades ago there would have been no need for a book to describe such the role of community pharmacy; however, since more people are injecting drugs now and HIV is on the rise, community pharmacists have found their services in higher demand. The quality practice of tomorrow hinges on trained and competent practitioners working in a variety of community pharmacy settings. Drug Misuse and Community Pharmacy explains the historical, research and practical aspects. Experts use a practical and evidence-based approach to educate students of pharmacy, pre-registration pharmacists, community pharmacists working with drug users and anyone involved in developing and managing primary healthcare for drug misusers.Table of ContentsPart 1: Background. Opiate Addiction and the British System: Looking Back on the Twentieth Century and Trying to see its Shape in the Future. Drug Misuse and the Community Pharmacist: a Historical Overview. Part 2: Surveying the Situation. Reviewing the Situation - Pharmacists and Drug Misuse Services in England and Wales. Drug Misuse and Community Pharmacy in Scotland. Drug Misuse in Northern Ireland: the Role of the Community Pharmacist. Drug Users and Pharmacists: the Client Perspective. Part 3: Working with Drug Users. The History and Operation of Pharmacy Needle Exchanges. New Approaches to Dispensing Controlled Drugs: Supervised Consumption. Providing Health Care for Drug Users. Misuse Over-the-Counter Products. Part 4: Practical Matters - Training, Support and Shared Care. Legal and Ethical Considerations for Community Pharmacists. Training and Support for Pharmacists. Professional Conflicts for the Front-Line Community Pharmacist. Shared Care at the Primary and Secondary Interface: The Role of GPs and Specialist Drug Services. Part 5: The Way Forward. The Way Forward - Greater Specialism or More Generalism?

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Book SynopsisThis collection of innovative chapters has been written by cutting edge researchers, and depicts both the breadth of the relationships between stress, trauma, and substance use, as well as the linkages between these phenomena.Table of Contents1. Stress, Trauma, and Substance Use: An Overview 2. An Integrated Sensory-Linguistic Approach for Drug Addiction: A Synthesis of the Literature and New Directions for Treatment Research 3. Young African-American Male Suicide Prevention and Spirituality 4. Acculturative Stress, Violence, and Resilience in the Lives of Mexican-American Youth 5. The Prevalence of HIV Among Substance-Abusing African-American Women: A Qualitative Investigation 6. Factors Associated with Trauma Symptoms among Runaway/Homeless Adolescents 7. ‘I Came to Prison to Do My Time – Not to Get Raped’: Coping Within the Institutional Setting 8. Integrating Research and Practice: A Collaborative Model for Addressing Trauma and Addiction 9. Subthreshold PTSD: A Comparison of Alcohol, Depression, and Health Problems in Canadian Peacekeepers with Different Levels of Traumatic Stress

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Book SynopsisMillions of us make use of psychoactiveâor mind-alteringâdrugs. Such drugs, both legal and otherwise, can cause pleasure or pain (or both). So, too, can sex, gambling, shopping, dieting, exercise, and Internet use. âAddictionâ or âdependenceâ on substances like alcohol, tobacco, illicit and prescribed drugs, and on other risky behaviours, is strongly associated with a broad range of personal and social consequences. They can greatly enhance lifeâor ruin it. The heavy and chronic use of legal and illegal drugs, as well as other compulsive or problematic behaviours, are associated with massive health and social problems. Health problems related to addiction include dependence, injury, overdose, foetal damage, cancers, liver disease, and premature mortality, while social problems include crime and disorder, debt, family violence, poverty, and industrial inefficiency.The addictions field is very wide ranging, and covers a considerable number of psychoactive substances and compulsive behaviours. However, much of the literature remains inaccessible or is highly specialized and compartmentalized, so that it is hard for many of those who are interested to obtain an informed and comprehensive overview of issues and evidence. The sheer scale of the growth in addiction research outputâand the breadth of the fieldâmakes this four-volume collection especially timely and meets the demand for a wide ranging, multidisciplinary perspective on this fascinating and important subject. The editors have collected material under the following sections and, together with their newly written introduction, this Routledge Major Work, a new title in the Major Themes in Health and Social Welfare series, will enable users to make sense of the wide range of approaches, theories, and concepts that have informed the subject to date:â concepts of addictionâ alcoholâ tobaccoâ illicit drugsâ other addictive behaviours such as compulsive gambling, sex, exercise, shopping, Internet use and dieting.Edited by two of the worldâs leading authorities on addiction and risky behaviours, Addiction will be welcomed by professionals and policymakers in health and social services. It will also be an invaluable reference resource for students and scholars working in the field of addiction, as well as those whose courses in a wide range of allied disciplinesâsuch as nursing, medicine, psychology, education, social work, and lawâincreasingly require an understanding of the issues this collection explores.

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Book SynopsisAward-winning writer and doctor Uzo Iweala travels a continent getting to know the people whose lives have been affected by HIV and AIDs.Trade Review'A sobering, ultimately optimistic exploration of a crisis amplified by poverty and misinformation' * Independent on Sunday *'Searingly honest, you'll find it hard not to be touched by the award-winning novelist and doctor Uzodinma Iweala's account of the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa' * Pride Magazine *'In this unassuming but important book, Uzodinma Iweala gives the AIDS pandemic not just a human face but a human voice' * Times Literary Supplement *This is a work of visceral urgency and power: it heralds the arrival of a major talent * Amitav Ghosh on BEASTS *'So scorched by loss and anger that it's hard to hold and so gripping in its sheer hopeless lifeforce that it's hard to put down.' * Ali Smith, Guardian, on BEASTS *'This is an extraordinary book ... horrifying expose ... vivid ... It casts a powerful, if gruesome spell' * Sunday Telegraph, on BEASTS *'Gives a name, a voice and a heart to one of Africa's innumerable child soldiers ... This is urgent writing, starkly unsentimental and convincing' * Observer on BEASTS *'This sad, unforgettable novel is a fitting testament to the countless Agus who continue to kill and be killed across that most tragic of continents.' * Daily Telegraph on BEASTS *'Stream-like sentences that convey irrestible, rushing activitiy ... Iweala's powerful debut recalls Saro-Wiwa's first-person masterpiece of a soldier-boy' * The Times on BEASTS *'A searing first novel' * Independent on BEASTS *'Beasts of No Nation is written with the authority of someone who knows what they're talking about' * London Review of Books on BEASTS *'A simple and brutal account of war ... Beasts of No Nation is a raw, compelling first novel' * Literary Review on BEASTS *

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Book SynopsisNadia Naser-Najjab is Lecturer in Palestine Studies at the European Centre for Palestine Studies, University of Exeter, UK. Previously she was Assistant Professor at Birzeit University, Palestine. She is the author of Dialogue in Palestine: The People-to-People Diplomacy Programme and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (I.B.Tauris, 2020). Her research is based on first-hand experience and original data collection and focuses on the Palestine-Israel peace process, Palestinian education and Palestinian resistanceTrade ReviewA rigorous, thoroughly theorized and up to date analysis of the impact of settler colonial occupation on the lives of ordinary Palestinians during a deadly and devastating global health pandemic. -- Teodora Todorova, Teaching Fellow in Sociology, University of WarwickTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter One: The Colonial Context of COVID-19 Chapter Two: Life Before and After the Pandemic t:he View from the Gaza Strip Chapter Three: The Implication of the Division of Hebron and Combating COVID-19 Chapter Four: Jerusalemites Beyond the Wall Facing COVID-19: The Case of Kufr Aqab Chapter Five: Palestinian Refugees Facing COVID-19: The Case of Jalzoon Camp Conclusion

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Book SynopsisA passionate call to action, Firewater examines alcohol-its history, the myths surrounding it, and its devastating impact on Indigenous people. Drawing on his years of experience as a Crown Prosecutor in Treaty 6 territory, Harold Johnson challenges readers to change the story we tell ourselves about the drink that goes by many names-booze, hooch, spirits, sauce, and the evocative firewater. Confronting the harmful stereotype of the lazy, drunken Indian, and rejecting medical, social, and psychological explanations of the roots of alcoholism, Johnson cries out for solutions, not diagnoses, and shows how alcohol continues to kill so many. Provocative, irreverent, and keenly aware of the power of stories, Firewater calls for people to make decisions about their communities and their lives on their own terms.

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Book SynopsisA tidal wave of panic surrounded homosexuality and AIDS in the 1980s and early 1990s, the period commonly called ''The AIDS Crisis''. With the advent of antiretroviral drugs in the mid ''90s, however, the meaning of an HIV diagnosis radically changed. These game-changing drugs now enable many people living with HIV to lead a healthy, regular life, but how has this dramatic shift impacted the representation of gay men and HIV in popular culture?Positive Images is the first detailed examination of how the relationship between gay men and HIV has transformed in the past two decades. From Queer as Folk to Chemsex, The Line of Beauty to The Normal Heart, Dion Kagan examines literature, film, TV, documentaries and news coverage from across the English-speaking world to unearth the socio-cultural foundations underpinning this ''post-crisis'' period. His analyses provide acute insights into the fraught legacies of the AIDS Crisis and its continued Trade ReviewPositive Images should be commended for the way it astutely locates the ongoing and unresolved political consequences of the AIDS epidemic in the singularities of the moving image. Not only does Kagan give us insight into a mode of popular media production working to discipline our contact with queer histories of this crisis – the most destructive example of institutionally sanctioned homophobia in the recent history of the US, UK, and Australia – but he also expertly shows the particular capaciousness of using cinema as a tool for thinking through – and evidencing – such discursive regulation. * Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies *In this landmark study of the representation of gay men in contemporary popular culture, Dion Kagan shows how the panicked response to AIDS during the 1980s continues to haunt “post-crisis” gay life, unsettling its normalisation by resuscitating the association of homosexuality with death and disease. In a series of carefully elaborated case studies drawn from the mainstream media and informed by feminist and queer theory, Kagan traces the transformation of HIV/AIDS into a signifier of social and sexual backwardness that conflicts with the normative aspirations of neoliberal gay identities. -- Robert J. Corber, William R. Kenan Jr, Professor in American Institutions and Values, Trinity College, Connecticut, USAIn this erudite analysis of representations of Western gay life in “postcrisis” times, Dion Kagan re-activates the critical energies of early HIV cultural analysis for contemporary queer theory to ask what a “positive image” of gay life could possibly be in the current polarised environment that lurches between “progressive” attachments to clean, upstanding, respectable, sexless marrying types and the sensationalised monsters of chemsex, barebacking, HIV-positive sex and sex addiction, each of which emerge as figures of a “retrograde” sexuality we “should have grown out of by now” that effectively serve to “re-crisis” the present. Generous and expansive in its critical engagements, while sparkling throughout with astute and perceptive readings, Positive Images is a remarkable feat of intergenerational queer kinship that introduces an exciting new voice in sexuality scholarship. -- Kane Race, Associate Professor in Gender and Cultural Studies, University of Sydney, AustraliaTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Series Editors’ Foreword Introduction: Crisis/Post-Crisis 1. Gay Redemption: Domestication and Disavowal in the Gay 90s 2. Positive Men Are from Mars, Negative Men Are from Venus: Sero-Melodrama in Queer As Folk 3. Crisis Re-Runs: Barebacking, Chemsex and Post-Crisis Sex Panic 4. AIDS Heritage in The Line of Beauty 5. AIDS Retrovisions: Dallas Buyers Club and The Normal Heart Conclusion: Feeling Generational Notes Bibliography Film and Television References Index

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Book SynopsisHealth Communication and Mass Media is a much-needed resource for those with a professional or academic interest in the field of health communication. The chapters engage and expand upon significant theories informing efforts at mediated health communication and demonstrate the practical utility of these theories in on-going or completed projects. They consider how to balance the ethical and efficacy demands of mediated health communication efforts, and discuss both traditional media and communication systems and new web-based and mobile media. The book''s treatment is broad, reflecting the topical and methodological diversity in the field. It offers an integrated approach to communication theory and application. Readers will be able to appreciate the ways that theory shapes health communication applications and how those applications inform the further construction of theory. They will find practical examples of mediated health communication that can serve as models for their own effTrade Review’... the volume stands out as an important contribution to the field of health communication. Its theoretical, methodological, and topical breadth, its simple and straightforward manner of presentation, and its unique emphasis on both theory and practice would make it a valuable reference to academics and practitioners of health communication at various levels.’ Health Communication, 2014Table of ContentsContents: Foreword, Rafael Obregon; Preface; Part 1 Introduction: Communicating health through mass media: an overview, Rukhsana Ahmed and Benjamin R. Bates; Healthcare reform information sources in relation to information quality, information-seeking and uncertainty, Jennifer L. Bevan, Lisa Sparkes, Julia Ernst, Jessica Francies and Nicole Santora; Theory-based health campaigns: a winning combination, Micheline Frenette. Part 2 Health Communication and Web Media: Disease, representation, and public relations: a discourse analysis of HIV/AIDS websites, Vinita Agarwal, Margaret U. Da (TM)Silva and Greg B. Leichty; Managing sexual health and related stigma through electronic learning environments, Candy J. Noltensmeyer, Sara Peters, Rebecca J. Meisenbach and Heather Eastman-Mueller; Beneficial participation: lurking vs posting in online support groups, Galit Nimrod. Part 3 Health Communication and Mobile Media: Effectively promoting healthy living and behaviors through mobile phones, Bree Holtz and Lorraine Buis; Targeting young adult texters for public health emergency messages: a Q-study of uses and gratifications, Hilary N. Karasz, Meredith Li-Vollmer, Sharon Bogan and Whitney Offenbecher; Reaching the unreachable: how eHealth and mobile health technologies impact at-risk populations, Rowena L. Briones and Beth Sundstrom. Part 4 Health Communication and Communication Systems: Coming full circle in rural trauma: chronicling the development and testing of communication systems in rural trauma networks, Theodore A. Avtgis and E. Phillips Polack; From patient-based records to patient-centered care: reconfiguring health care systems for interoperable electronic health records, Nicole Mardis; The role of communication in health informatics integration success: case study of an Ontario pediatric critical care unit, Victoria Aceti and Rocci Luppicini. Part 5 Health Communication and Media Ethics: Doing good, doing right: the ethics of health communication, Seow Ting Lee; Eating disorders and obesity: conflict and common ground in health promotion and prevention, Hunna Watson and Julie McCormack; The ethics of disability representations on television, Tracy R. Worrell; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book explores how social determinants of health (SDH) impact the health of a variety of marginalized demographic groups in the United States. Chapters focus on the 13 groups that research demonstrates are most disadvantaged by SDH and, consequently, who suffer the most from ongoing health disparities in America. This includes Black and Hispanic individuals, the LGBTQIA+ community, women, the elderly, people with disabilities, veterans, and those living in rural areas, among others.Chapters follow a standardized format that makes it easy for readers to focus in on aspects of the subject that are of greatest interest. Each profile begins with a snapshot of that group's current state of health, including the biggest medical concerns and how other determinants of health may play a role. Next, each chapter takes an in-depth look at the four components of SDH: economic factors, educational access and quality, healthcare access and quality, and living environment and sTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Asian, Pacific Islander, and Desi American (APIDA) Populations 2. Black Populations 3. Disabled Populations 4. Elderly Populations 5. Hispanic, Chicanx, and Latinx (HLC) Populations 6. Homeless and Housing Insecure Populations 7. Incarcerated Populations 8. Indigenous Populations 9. Low-Income Populations 10. Rural Populations 11. Sexual and Gender Minority Populations 12. Veterans 13. Women and Girls Bibliography and Further Readings Index

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Book SynopsisBefore Everything is an ode to friendship for readers of Anne Tyler and Ann Patchett, full of dry humour, quiet wisdom and huge empathy.Trade ReviewRedel's prose is artful and insightful ... this is a hugely moving celebration of love, life and friendship. -- Eithne Farry * S Magazine *Terminal illness doesn't always bring out the best in people, nor does it preclude other sorrows. To find an honest and sympathetic reflection of both truths is refreshing. * Daily Mail *Bittersweet * Grazia *An extraordinary, touching and tender story about female friendship. * Prima Magazine *A riveting celebration of life and death. * Elle Magazine *Brings to mind Virginia Woolf's The Waves. * BBC Culture *Poetic and insightful ... I have been blown away. * Laura Jane Williams, author of Becoming *An unflinching and affecting look at how one woman's final days change the lives of those around her. * Publishers Weekly *Before Everything turns on the grand themes, love and death. Redel's elegant narration unfolds not in linear time but in the time of memory, moving among the friends to reveal their shifting connections, needs, and circumstances. At once tough and tender, funny and sad, this beautifully written novel articulates the dynamic realities of those wondrous friendships that last a lifetime. -- Siri HustvedtTerminal illness doesn't always bring out the best in people, nor does it preclude other sorrows. To find an honest and sympathetic reflection of both truths is refreshing. * Daily Mail *A riveting celebration of life and death. * Elle Magazine *Before Everything is a riveting, timely story that explores the unsettlingly beautiful, emotionally charged landscape that is revealed when old friends embrace what they have never before admitted: the limits of mortality and the boundlessness of friendship. -- Ruth OzekiGorgeous, a heartbreaker, a non-stop dazzler, a major achievement. -- Michael Cunningham, Pulitzer Prize winning author of The HoursAn extraordinary, touching and tender story about female friendship. * Prima Magazine *Poetic and insightful ... I have been blown away. -- Laura Jane Williams, author of BecomingBittersweet * Grazia *Brings to mind Virginia Woolf's The Waves. * BBC Culture *Victoria Redel bears witness to a remarkable group of women, effortlessly weaving back and forth through time, each thread revealing the cracks and secrets of their complex lives, while also drawing them closer. . . . Redel proves that female friendship is the quiet, steady engine that truly runs the world. -- Hannah Tinti, author of The Twelve Lives of Samuel HawleyI admire Victoria Redel's work for so many reasons-for its fearlessness, its complexity, its beauty-and Before Everything is one of the most brilliant, radiant, and heartbreaking books I've read in years. Redel's characters-fierce and funny, loyal and compassionate-feel as real and beloved as the people we hold dearest in our own lives. An extraordinary novel by one of the best writers we have. -- Molly Antopol, author of The UnAmericansA touching story of friendship and loss . . . richly realized. The result is an unflinching and affecting look at how one woman's final days change the lives of those around her. * Publishers Weekly *Redel has crafted a lyrical ode to female friendship, proving that bonds can somehow be made of iron and elastic, sometimes strong and sometimes frail. She fleshes out the five main characters admirably for such a short book, linking each of their most vulnerable memories to their shared crisis. Fans of Anne Tyler and Jennifer Close will adore this warmhearted and clear-eyed novel. * Booklist *

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