This easy-to-carry-along book is a compilation of Dr. Combs' own personal, intimate thoughts & observations on dealing with Alzheimers Disease. The author creatively uses classical quotations to reflect & support her own inner thoughts. She traces her 45-year odyssey with this disease, beginning with her maternal grandmother who had Alzheimers, to presently dealing with her own mother who is suffering from the disease. Some entries are as long as several paragraphs, others are only a sentence. These poignant, insightful thoughts deal with the disease & personal descriptions of the symptoms. The author expresses intimate feelings of loss, hope, fear & change & offers some practical solutions for everyday situations, such as the "nursing home" decision. The information packed into this small volume will prove to be an especially meaningful companion to families & friends of Alzheimers victims. This book is available from Combs Publishing, 313 Beechcliff Court, Winston-Salem, NC 27104.
This book examines Lee Smith's novel-length fiction and its powerful reflection of her personal search for and journey toward spiritual reconciliation. The protagonists of Smith's novels feel estranged from any sense of feminine sacredness as they struggle for a belief system that offers them hope and validation. Chapters describe how Smith has retrieved in her fiction a source of transformative power--the power of the sexual, maternal, feminine divine--in hopes of creating a new image of the total, sacred female whose sexuality, creativity, spirituality, and maternity can reside comfortably in the bodies of everyday heroines.
Ms. Prime Minister offers both solace and words of caution for women politicians. After closely analyzing the media coverage of former Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell; two former Prime Ministers of New Zealand, Jenny Shipley and Helen Clark; and Australia’s 27th Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, Linda Trimble concludes that reporting both reinforces and contests unfair gender norms. News about female leaders gives undue attention to their gender identities, bodies and family lives. Yet equivalent men are also treated to evaluations of their gendered personas. And, as Trimble finds, some media accounts expose sexism and authenticate women's performances of leadership. Ms. Prime Minister provides important insight into the news frameworks that work to deny or confer political legitimacy. It concludes with advice designed to inform the gender strategies of women who aspire to political leadership roles and the reporting techniques of the journalists who cover them.
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