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  Pre-order sales available on Amazon . Release date: June 30. Paperback release date: June 30. Watch for it. Book Description: They sold the farm, packed up seven children, and chased a promise called California. Based on Hazel’s journal, this true story follows a family that leaves Wisconsin hoping for relief from brutal winters—only to run out of money with hundreds of miles still to go. Stranded and desperate, they enter a world of labor camps, endless fieldwork, hunger, and exhaustion, where families are worked hard, paid little, and treated as disposable. Once respected and secure, they find themselves suddenly labeled vagrants. Pride becomes a liability. Dignity must be defended daily. And survival depends on grit, faith, and refusing to give up—especially for Hazel, who will not allow poverty to erase who she is or break her family apart. This is a raw, gripping true story of endurance, injustice, and a woman who stood her ground when everything was taken away. Endorsement:...

  Today's publisher's pride is You're Not Too Old, and It's Not Too La te by Ilene Berns-Zare, which reached #137 in midlife self-help. Book Description Designed as an accessible 52-week companion, this inspiring guide invites Baby Boomers and Gen Xers to reimagine aging with confidence, vitality, and purpose. Drawing on research-informed tools and practical reflections, it encourages readers to tap into inner strengths, embrace meaningful shifts, and discover everyday “ah-ha” moments that spark renewal. Whether you seek greater wellbeing, deeper meaning, or renewed fulfillment from midlife through older adulthood, this uplifting resource reminds us that aging well is an active journey—and that the best chapters may still lie ahead. Keywords: midlife transformation; aging with purpose; positive aging book; Baby Boomer wellness; Gen X wellbeing; 52‑week self‑growth guide; midlife reinvention; aging well strategies; vitality after 50; personal growth after 50; midlife m...

  “My actions are the ground upon which I stand.” --Five Remembrances   “We Americans are suffering an epidemic of loneliness,” commentators observe. Many reasons are suggested for our social isolation: the pandemic, our obsession with social media, our excessive individualism, our competitiveness, and so forth. I can validate this assessment in my work as a clinical psychologist. Many of my patients complain: “I’m depressed and so lonely. I feel disconnected from others, and even from myself. I don’t know how to be intimate. I’m not comfortable in my own skin.” Of course, the antidote to loneliness is having good conversations, both with ourselves and with others. We experience a sense of joy and meaning in life when we feel close to those we love. Intimate relationships grow through our communicating with others at ever deeper levels about what matters to us. We listen with an open mind and heart and reveal our deepest thoughts and feelings. However, such closeness...