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Mental(ish)
A Memoir of Insanity and the Search for Stability
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Mental(ish) is a raw and unflinching exploration of Melissa Pang Howard’s journey through c-PTSD, chronic illness, and medical negligence. Diagnosed with Bipolar 1 disorder at nineteen, she unravels the experiences that shaped her before and...
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Harris and Me
Living with Fragile X Syndrome
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In 1980, Cari Forteath and her husband George welcomed their first child, Harris, into the world. They instantly fell in love with their son, whose first few months were peaceful. Soon, though, Cari and George recognized that Harris wasn’t...
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Edge of the Ledge
A Memoir of Adventures Lived and Lessons Learned
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One day, age four, I opened the door of our house, closed it quietly, and started walking. All by myself. I walked and walked. I looked at each house, at the trees, the grass, the swings, at the occasional person going by. I walked right past the...
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A Healer and a Builder
The Life and Times of Dr. John R. Augustine
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A Healer and A Builder traces the life and times of Dr. John R. Augustine from his early years in Kitchener, Ontario, through his medical education at the University of Western Ontario in the late 1940s and early 1950s, to his years in Thunder...
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Discovering the Positives
A Woman's Journey through Triple Negative Breast Cancer
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Discovering the Positives: A Woman’s Journey through Triple Negative Breast Cancer is a powerful memoir of resilience, hope, and self-discovery. Hearing a triple negative breast cancer diagnosis can be overwhelming and scary. Diagnosed with it in...
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A Murmuration of Demons
A True Tale of Love, Life, Hardship, and Loss
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After two failed marriages, Bob meets Jessica. One whirlwind romance, transcontinental move, and medical degree later, the two have built a life together in El Paso, Texas. The beginning of the end starts when Jessica is diagnosed with a...
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Trailblazer for Women’s Health
The Remarkable Life of Dr. May Cohen
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When it comes to advocating both for women’s reproductive rights and the advancement of women in medicine, few Canadians have had more impact than Dr. May Cohen. Born to Jewish immigrants and Communist activists during the Great Depression, May...
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This Is About Life
An Intimate Story of Cancer From the Turn of the Century to Covid 19
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“I cannot live if I am trying to kill part of myself.” Over the course of 20 years, Leslie King survived breast cancer, endometrial cancer, and breast cancer again. In her selected journals, she documents the realities of cancer treatment within...
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My Life's Dream Took Me to Sea
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This book tells an engaging story of one man’s self-discovery and his adventures living his life’s dream. It targets three types of readers. The author shares life skills that have led him to a fulfilling, meaningful life. It caters to both the...
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Ripples from the Rupununi
Dr. Aidun's Healing Journey
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Somewhere over the rainforest in Guyana there’s a land called the Rupununi, a creek-crossed savannah inhabited for millennia by Indigenous people of great capacity. This is where Dr. Jamshid Aidun, a Persian Canadian surgeon and a humble man of...
