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It was sixth grade picture day! Max White had a plan for an awesome photo-the best ever! Hair spiked-check. The perfect paint-stained shirt-check. The attitude-of course. He was Maximillian Xavier White! No mean bus drivers, no bully named Ralph, not even spaghetti in the lunchroom could spoil this perfect picture day. Could it?

The heartbeat of family life is the thump of fists on a heavy bag. In the 1970s, Janet Hurley's older brother, Brian, was the teenage protégé of a World Heavyweight Champion who lived in their hometown. Brian was a young man of brilliance and wit. His talents were broad, yet boxing was the path he chose. And, soon enough, family life revolved around his training, his bouts, his future: Olympic medals? A pro career? Glove Shy is a tender-tough memoir, a loving look at how a sport as elemental as boxing can obscure the powerful forces this family never saw coming. But, when one of your own is in the ring, slugging, being slugged, what else can matter?Glove Shy is a well-told story of what happens when the blows hit far beyond the ropes. Hurley is a talented writer, with strong and vivid prose. She is also brave, willing to get in the ring with her own past.

Linda Patterson found her own way through loss and grief when her husband died. In Am I Doing This Right? she retraces her path with clear-eyed honesty, humor, and generosity. This memoir tells the story of a long, successful marriage, of two people who had plans for many more years together. Then a cruel diagnosis ended all of that. Linda Patterson does not try to tell other people how to do caretaking, loss, and grief; instead, she shows us how she did it, and continues to do it. An early reader said of the book, "this is a woman I want to sit with, talk with, and learn from."