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Recommended Reading

Perfect books for parents and their adult children to read and discuss together. Many are available in large print and/or audio versions.

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The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio: How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words or Less
Terry Ryan

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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir (Random House Large Print (Cloth/Paper))
Bill Bryson

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A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland, Indiana
Haven Kimmel

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The Madonnas of Leningrad
Debra Dean

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The Forever Year
Ronald Anthony

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The Nick Adams stories
Ernest Hemingway

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Travels with Charley: in Search of America
John Steinbeck

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The Measure Of A Man: A Spiritual Autobiography
Sidney Poitier

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Chicken Soup for the Soul (Chicken Soup for the Soul (Paperback Health Communications))
Jack Canfield

Try a wide variety from the Chicken Soup for the Soul series!


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Race You to the Fountain of Youth: I'm Not Dead Yet (But parts of me are going fast)
Martha Bolton

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