Most of the time you'll find Beverly Stowe McClure at the computer, writing stories young voices whisper in her ears, every thing from contemporary to historical to sport and ghostly tales. Several of her novels have won awards, such as the Children's Literary Classics, Next Generation Indie Awards, Eric Hoffer Awards, Purple Dragonfly, and others. When she's not writing she's snapping pictures of wild life and sunsets. She also has stories published in three Chicken Soup For The Soul Anthologies. A former school teacher, Beverly is a long-time member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. She also teaches a women's Sunday school class at her church. And she's working on starting a Newsletter to keep fans updated with her work.

Thank you for visiting my page. I'd be delighted if you would follow me. The nicest thing you can do for an author is review her books. I'm grateful for your time and thoughts.

Amy Newmark is Chicken Soup for the Soul’s author, editor-in-chief, and publisher, after a 30-year career as a writer, speaker, financial analyst, and business executive in the worlds of finance and telecommunications. Amy is a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, where she majored in Portuguese, minored in French, and traveled extensively. She and her husband have four grown children and grandchildren.

After a long career writing books on telecommunications, voluminous financial reports, business plans, and corporate press releases, Chicken Soup for the Soul is a breath of fresh air for Amy. She has fallen in love with Chicken Soup for the Soul and its life-changing books, and really enjoys putting these books together for Chicken Soup’s wonderful readers. She has co-authored and/or edited the last 196 Chicken Soup for the Soul titles, all the ones published since mid-2008.

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How do you lose a parent twice? Author Rick Lauber experienced this when caregiving for his father. With advanced Alzheimer's disease, Lauber's father first forgot his own family and then passed away. Lauber learned a great deal about eldercare and has since shared his experience with and advice for prospective, new and current caregivers in his two published caregiving guidebooks, Caregiver's Guide for Canadians and The Successful Caregiver's Guide. Lauber continues to write extensively on senior's and caregiving issues and has collected publication credits including Chicken Soup for the Soul: It's Christmas; Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Very Good, Very Bad Cat; Caregiver Solutions Magazine; NextAvenue.org; caregiving.com; thecaregiverspace.org; Alberta Prime Times Newspaper; Costco Connection Magazine; and more.

Lauber has also guested on numerous caregiving blogtalk radio programs (e.g. LifeAfterAlz, Hope for the Caregiver, Fading Memories, and Caregivers Out Loud), presented webinars for Huddol, homecareassistance.com, and March of Dimes Canada, and is a proud member of the AlzAuthors family. Learn more about Lauber, read news stories written by him, listen to his media / podcast interviews, and connect with him through www.ricklauber.com.

I am Kay Johnson-Gentile and am delighted you have found your way to my Author Page. My "stories of the heart" are intended to bring doses of inspiration to all of my readers. So if you are in need of this often elusive quality, do read one of my stories, like Mother Love in a recent publication of Chicken Soup for the Soul -- My Very Good, Very Bad Cat.

In May 2016 my book -- My Walk of Faith, Hope, and Love -- was published. It powerfully describes the trials and frustrations of breast cancer patients, and the toll the disease takes on "family."

The KIRKUS INDIE review follows:

This book suggests music as an extra healing factor for cancer patients. In November 1974, when Johnson-Gentile (Chicken Soup for the Soul, 2016) discovered a large fibroid tumor in her breast, she was 31 and a married mother of two living in upstate New York. Surgery at Buffalo General stretched to nine hours; underneath the benign tumor was a malignant one, necessitating a radical Halsted mastectomy.

Removal of muscles and lymph nodes would affect the use of her left arm—particularly devastating for a musician. Yet music, everything from classical to John Denver, remained crucial in her life. Denver’s “Sweet Surrender,” especially, reinforced her determination to live. “This was my opportunity to become a brand new person,” she enthuses. She wrote thanking Denver and got a callback, then managed to meet him after a show.

Chapter 10, a highlight, nostalgically recounts the development of her love of music, starting with the piano at her grandparents’ Missouri home. Most of the memoir focuses on Johnson-Gentile’s involvement with the American Cancer Society: for two years, she ran a volunteer music therapy program in Buffalo.

A standout anecdote tells how she spontaneously composed an angry song for a 5-year-old to sing along to during painful treatments. During this time, she released an album, “Faith, Hope, and Love”; lyrics to two of those songs are included here. Along with period photographs, these encouraging songs make a nice addition. For her Cancer Society volunteering, the author was named one of 10 Outstanding Young Women of America in 1977 and met Vice President Walter Mondale.

An inspirational … cancer memoir.

My CD -- Faith, Hope, and Love -- is available for purchase now as well. You will hear upbeat, inspiring music, helpful to all people who are going through a challenging time. Composed in 1975 when I was recovering from breast cancer, this CD is worth having in your collection.