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"Maria Semple is a treasure.": Los Angeles Times The New York Times bestselling author of Where'd You Go, Bernadette returns to form in her most exuberant and life-affirming novel yet with the story of one woman's cheerful determination to live a life of the mind only to have the heart force its way in. Adora Hazzard has it all figured out. A Stoic philosopher and divorcee, she lives a contented life on New York City's Upper West Side. Having discovered...

Do Not Go Gentle, first published in 1960, is a poignant novel about the U.S. Marines in World War II. The book focuses on Norman MacLeod, growing up in the tough Depression-era town of Butte, Montana. After his father succumbs to a mining-related disease, young Norman leaves school and also begins working in the copper mines. Following the death of his closest friend in an mine accident and the moving of his mother and sister to relatives back East,...

Bonnie and Pattie host the Go Gently Gathering at Cooper Mountain Vineyards, where their friends and guests they've met on their journey come to collaborate in sharing their ways of living a sustainable life in harmony with our planet.

Our journey begins in LA where Bonnie and Pattie are packing their suitcases, ready for the adventure that awaits. But first, they'll be visiting sustainable businesses in the city and hosting a farewell party before hitting the road.

The day my father was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer, I decided to go and find him a miracle. Do Not Go Gentle is a transporting memoir about Ann Hood's quest to find a cure, if not an outright miracle, that would cure her father's cancer. Her "spiritual Odyssey, with a secret history all its own" would take her from Rhode Island to El Santuario de Chimayo, New Mexico, in search of dirt reputed to contain astonishing healing powers. Along...

Rattled by fears that she is losing her keys, her looks, her job, and her sweetheart, Gail, 62, rashly announces that she will go to Paris, a dream postponed for 40 years. So begins the journey through France of an optimistic, infinitely curious, 62-year-old woman, who seeks to ransom her self-confidence and learn how to age. Deftly weaving scenic description with sketches of feisty Frenchwomen and flashbacks of older women she has admired, Gail draws...

Bonnie Wright and Pattie Gonia embark on a journey of discovery as they travel a scenic road trip from LA to Portland to learn how communities along the route are inspiring eco-friendly practices to the way we eat, shop, and travel.

Bonnie and Pattie find themselves in Ventura County to learn about regenerative farming before traveling up to Ojai to help nurse some raptors back to health. They also take a kayak around the channel islands with the Chumash Tribe.

Do Not Go Gently celebrates the lives, work and wisdom of three remarkable artists who have maintained their creative productivity well into their golden years. Their stories illustrate the role of creativity and art in contributing to a long, happy, healthy and vibrant life. Narrated by famed newsman (and nonagenarian) Walter Cronkite, Do Not Go Gently follows 82-year-old quilter Arlonzia Pettway, 90-year-old ballet dancer Frederic Franklin and 109-year-old...

George takes Sarah and David with him to Canberra, despite the damage it could do to his political career by bringing his mistress and illegitimate son into the public eye. Elizabeth and Jack decide not to tell Douglas about his deteriorating condition over Henry's objections.