Surviving Aunt Ruth: Vignettes of a Caregiver's Struggles or How to Keep Laughing When You Want to Cry

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Summary: A thoroughly delightful journey
Review: Joyce Pounds Hardy, a remarkable lady by any measure, has here documented her experiences providing the most valuable of human gifts: her time, love and supportive understanding. In Ms. Hardy's case, the recipient is her unforgettable Aunt Ruth, newly widowed at the beginning of the book. Over the course of these 200+ pages you will travel the full gamut of emotion, come to admire Joyce and Ruth, fall in love with a host of real characters, laugh out loud, and then feel sad that the book ever ends. The true beneficiaries of Joyce's gift to Ruth are all of us who read Surviving Aunt Ruth. If you finish this story and determine that you have patience, spirit and generosity the equal of Joyce Pounds Hardy's, then I hope you are MY caregiver when I grow old!