Disability, health and life matters book list
Compiled by Judi Lipp
Judi Lipp is the librarian at Northcott Information and Library Services, always helpful and a font of knowledge on many disability related topics, her book list includes:
Always a part of me - surviving childbearing loss
by Amanda Collinge, Sue Daniel and Heather Grace Jones
ABC Books 2002 - ISBN: 0733310001
Comments: A tissue box read on a topic often ignored because those with no experience may not realise the need to grieve.
The Notebook
by Nicholas Sparks
John Murray 2005 - ISBN: 071956686X
Comments: Now a major motion picture - Dementia features in a heart warming story of lifetime love. A bittersweet and irresistibly romantic love story.
Rowing without oars
by Ulla-Carin Lindquist, translated by Margaret Myers
ABC Books 2002 - ISBN: 0733310001
Comments: The author chronicles her life after being diagnosed with ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis).
The Hot Flash Club
by Nancy Thayer
Bantam 2004 - ISBN: 1863254390
Comments: Menopause in an eventual, uplifting story that includes humour.
Farewell my ovaries
by Wendy Harmer
Allen & Unwin 1741145643 - ISBN: 1741145643
Comments: Pre-menopause in a ribald tale of imagined loss. Witty, warm and wise - a sexy novel of love and life.
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