Rosella Leslie's Books

The Sunshine Coast

A Place to be

By: Rosella M. Leslie

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Discover what makes the Sunshine Coast a special place to live, holiday, fulfill one's dreams or, simply put, to be! This book introduces readers to the resourceful people who settled in the once-isolated seaside villages and infused them with community spirit through their dedication to the environment, history, arts, sports and recreation.

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244

Publisher

Heritage House Publishing Co

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ISBN 10

1894384199

ISBN 13

9781894384193

Losing Us

A Dementia Caregiver's Journey

By: Rosella M. Leslie

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Losing Us

A Dementia Caregiver's Journey

By: Rosella M. Leslie

Losing Us: A Dementia Caregiver’s Journey, is a candid, compassionate and sometimes humorous memoir of Author Rosella Leslie’s heartbreaking struggles and triumphs during her twelve years as her husband’s primary caregiver. It is also an informal guide to dementia caregiving, including links to helpful resources for caregivers, their friends, families and communities. The poems that begin and end each chapter capture the frustration and sorrow of her husband’s ever-shifting cognitive abilities and the emotional rollercoaster Leslie rides, rising to heights of acceptance, joy and resolve, then plunging to valleys of guilt, doubt and despair. She urges caregivers to accept dark thoughts and harsh feelings as a natural response to being in an impossible situation, and to keep putting one foot in front of the other as they move toward the faint light of hope that shines at the end of this very dark tunnel.

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213

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FriesenPress

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ISBN 10

1039156428

ISBN 13

9781039156425

Bright Seas, Pioneer Spirits

A History of the Sunshine Coast

By: Betty Keller,Rosella Leslie

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Bright Seas, Pioneer Spirits

A History of the Sunshine Coast

By: Betty Keller,Rosella Leslie

For well over a century, the bright seas of the Sunshine Coast have been attracting visitors to the waterfront resorts, fishing lodges and beaches that rest between Howe Sound and the spectacular Princess Louisa Inlet. These coastal hotspots and communities were settled by a few courageous and daring pioneers whose names are still familiar today: Gibsons, Roberts, Whitaker, Donley, Silvey, Griffiths. Bright Seas, Pioneer Spirits tells the stories of the homesteaders, loggers, prospectors and fishermen who carved out a living on the treacherous mountainside that rises straight out of the inlets. These men and women came with nothing in their pockets and founded logging empires, shingle mills and sawmills, launched fish canneries, a glue factory and even a well-known jam factory, and scaled the mountainsides to start copper and gold mines. They travelled and traded by boat, long before coastal roads were built in the 1950s, and their pioneering spirits still ride the bright seas of the Sunshine Coast today.

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