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Marcy Cottrell Houle & Elizabeth Eckstrom

Powell's City of Books 1005 W Burnside Street, Portland, OR, United States

In a powerful blending of memoir and practical strategies from a medical doctor’s perspective, The Gift of Caring: Saving Our Parents – and Ourselves - From the Perils of Modern Healthcare (Lyons) reveals the hidden side of modern healthcare practices for aging Americans. This groundbreaking book, cowritten by author Marcy Houle and nationally recognized geriatrician and public health advocate Elizabeth Eckstrom, sheds new light on aging by showing it from twin perspectives: the story of a daughter desperately seeking help for the parents she loves, and a geriatrician who offers life-changing strategies that can protect our loved ones and ourselves. Today, for many older adults, the medical delivery system is confusing, fragmented, and ill-equipped to provide comprehensive, person-centered care. Under our current healthcare model, thousands…

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Marcy Cottrell Houle and Elizabeth Eckstrom

Broadway Books 1714 NE Broadway, Portland, OR, United States

We are thrilled to welcome Marcy Cottrell Houle and Dr. Elizabeth Eckstrom to Broadway Books on Wednesday, February 6th, at 7pm to read from their book The Gift of Caring: Saving Our Parents – and Ourselves – from the Perils of Modern Healthcare, newly published in a revised paperback edition. The book, winner of the 2016 National Christopher Award “for books that affirm the highest values of the human spirit,” combines memoir and practical strategies to shed new light on aging by showing it from twin perspectives: the story of a daughter desperately seeking help for the parents she loves and of a geriatrician who offers life-changing strategies that can protect our loved ones – and ourselves. Marcy Cottrell Houle is a biologist and award-winning…

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A Generous Nature: Lives Transformed by Oregon

Powell's City of Books 1005 W Burnside Street, Portland, OR, United States

Marcy Cottrell Houle’s A Generous Nature (Oregon State University) offers profiles of 21 conservationists and activists who have made enduring contributions to the preservation of Oregon’s wild and natural places and its high quality of life. These stories speak to their courage, foresight, and actions to save places, enact legislation, and motivate others to cherish and protect the places that make Oregon unique. In these times of unsettled political polarization and divisiveness, A Generous Nature is a crucial reminder of our individual and collective responsibility to stand for and defend the places, ideals, and laws that make Oregon a progressive model for the rest of the nation.

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Marcy Cottrell Houle: A Generous Nature

Broadway Books 1714 NE Broadway, Portland, OR, United States

We are delighted to host Marcy Cottrell Houle reading from her book A Generous Nature: Lives Transformed by Oregon, published by Oregon State University Press. She will be joined in conversation by one of the heroes featured in the book: Michael McCloskey, an Oregonian who was the director of the national Sierra Club for thirty-five years and whose work helped to pass the Wilderness Act and the National Environmental Policy Act. The book offers profiles of twenty-one conservationists and activists who have made enduring contributions to the preservation of Oregon's wild and natural places and its high quality of life. These stories speak to their courage, foresight, and actions--at times against great odds--to save places, enact legislation, and motivate others to cherish and protect the…

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Marcy Cottrell Houle, Forest Park: Exploring Portland’s Natural Sanctuary

Broadway Books 1714 NE Broadway, Portland, OR, United States

We think Marcy Cottrell Houle is a wonder. With each of her books she brings such clarity and useful information to us all. So we are exceptionally happy to have her in the store to present her latest book: Forest Park: Exploring Portland's Natural Sanctuary, a gorgeously illustrated book published by Oregon State University Press. Situated in the rugged hills west of downtown Portland, Forest Park is the nation's premier urban natural sanctuary. It supports essential habitat for hundreds of native plants and animals, including species at risk, and is one of the largest city parks in the world, offering miles of outstanding hiking trails within minutes of downtown. Forest Park showcases this treasure in a new light, offering a compendium of the most up-to-date…

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