Bøger af Helen Buell Whitworth

Presents a thorough picture of what Lewy body dementia really is. Combining strategies for managing symptoms and behaviours with personal examples that connect to readers' own experiences, this is the ideal book for caregivers, family members, and friends of individuals seeking to understand the disease and provide support to their loved ones.

This book continues the story of JM and Mary Landon.

James (JM) McCutchen grew up in pre-Civil War Missouri, at a time when the state was filled with dissention. The West beaconed to him with promises of adventures and peace. He found adventures galore but peace wasn't as easy to find--until he met Mary. Twenty-two years JM's junior, Mary grew up in post-war Vermont. A teaching contract out West offered For a proper young woman like Mary, adventure and freedom she couldn't hope to have at home. "There are a lot of single men out West, too," her friend and traveling companion said. But Mary wasn't interested. She'd had too many losses and she never planned to marry.

Travel with retiree authors, Jim and Helen Whitworth, as they go on the road with their "new" second hand motorhome, Rex, who often seems to have a mind of his own. Jim wants to extend awareness about Lewy body dementia (LBD). Helen supports his efforts but insists it is his mission, not hers. She dreams of traveling in an RV and teaching. Jim isn't interested in RVing; he's been there, done that. When Helen, a retired nurse and educator, offers to teach about LBD, Jim agrees to spend the summer on wheels. During their first summer as RVers and hopeful teachers, thrift queen Helen and fastidious, patient Jim find their adventures leavened with crises as they trek from Arizona to Washington, with a side trip to Alaska. Seniors, RVers, and couples everywhere will relate.

Based on the author's family history, Betsy is a novel set in the Missouri frontier, circa 1850, where preachers and doctors are scarce and feelings are strong. Betsy, a city beauty, fresh from the heartbreak of desertion, becomes embroiled in adventure as she travels to the Misouri frontier. There she finds herself falling in love again--with a family of active children. Betsy is also the story of these children and their father, still grieving the loss of their mother and wife--and how they react to the advent of this young woman into their lives. And finally, it is a depiction of life in Missouri when it was a part of the American frontier, up to and including a two family feud.