Books

A Q&A with Rick Shapiro, leading cancer treatment consultant and author of 'Hope Never Dies: How 20 Late-Stage and Terminal Cancer Patients Beat the Odds.'

This is not your father's retirement — and an interview with Thelma Reese, author of 'The New Senior Man,' illuminates why senior men need their own guidebook for this next phase in their lives.

What exactly makes a book "the best book of the year?" Here's a possible explanation, and 10 picks, with seven honorable mentions, for 2017.

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Interview with Sheila Lowe, author of 'Written Off'.

'Hope Never Dies' is an inspiring new book by cancer care expert Rick Shapiro. Its profiles of cancer survivors and experts prove that integrative and alternative treatments may be your best allies.

In 'The Halo Effect' by Anne D. LeClaire, we meet a family in crisis. Their daughter has not returned home, and when her body is found in the woods days later, they find that love isn't always enough to bind them. Can they make it through this crisis without destroying themselves in the process?

In 'Tips for Living,' by Renee Shafransky, Nora's life again begins to swirl downward in dismay as her ex-husband and new family move ever closer; then a murder occurs that shatters her resolve in such a way that her life once again falls apart. Can she find the answers before it is too late?

A young woman tries to find her way back home and connect with her mother before losing her to Alzheimer's in Alison McGhee's new novel, Never Coming Back

The New Senior Man by Thelma Reese and Barbara M. Fleisher is a much-needed guidebook for men heading into retirement. Its authors are experts in aging and issues facing senior men and women – and what they've gathered for this latest offering proves that retirement is nothing like it used to be.