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The Owl on the Road to Medford, by Ann Littlewood

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Ann LittlewoodAnn Littlewood is the author of a new novella, The Owl on the Road to Medford, published by Ann Littlewood.

Ann Littlewood won the 2014 OWC prize for short fiction with “The Owl on the Road to Medford,” later published in Calyx literary magazine. This is now the first of seven related stories that constitute a novella of the same name. Set in a wildlife rehabilitation clinic, these seven stories explore how people and animals affect each other and how an adventure of the heart can occur anywhere.

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Loving Lindsey: Raising a Daughter with Special Needs, by Linda Atwell

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Linda AtwellLinda Atwell is the author of a new book, Loving Lindsey: Raising a Daughter with Special Needs, a memoir published by She Writes Press.

Linda Atwell and her strong-willed daughter, Lindsey — a high-functioning young adult with intellectual disabilities — have always had a complicated relationship. As Lindsey plunges into adulthood, she experiments with sex, considers a tubal ligation, and at twenty quits Goodwill and runs away with Emmett, a man more than twice her age. As Lindsey grows closer to Emmett, she slips further away from her family — but Linda, determined to save her daughter, refuses to give up.

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Return to Spirit Lake: Life and Landscape at Mount St. Helens, by Christine Colasurdo

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Return to Spirit LakeChristine Colasurdo is the author of a new book, Return to Spirit Lake: Life and Landscape at Mount St. Helens, a nature/memoir published by Radiolarian Press.

In Return to Spirit Lake, author Christine Colasurdo revisits the landscape of her childhood — Mount St. Helens’ blast zone — to piece together how the May 1980 eruption affected the places she loved, including the lodge where she worked during the summer of 1979 and her family’s cabin. Selected as a “Washington Reads” book in 2005, Return to Spirit Lake has been recommended as “mandatory reading” by The Oregonian for anyone interested in the volcano.

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Dough Nation: A Nurse’s Memoir of Celiac Disease, by Nadine Grzeskowiak

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Nadine GrzeskowiakNadine Grzeskowiak is the author of a new book, Dough Nation: A Nurse’s Memoir of Celiac Disease From Missed Diagnosis to Food and Health Activism, a Memoir published by Gluten Free RN Press.

Not your typical book on food intolerances and health. This book is compelling, funny, poignant and a quick, easy read on what could be a less than exciting topic. Included are personal stories, investigative journalism, health advocacy and pertinent user friendly information. Celiac disease is not about what you hear in the media. It is the largest untapped market in the world. This book spells it all out in an easy to read format.

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