The Hands of Strangers: Poems from the Nursing Home
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As people live longer, we face the challenges that come with caring for, and living as, an aging population. This collection focuses on the sad, funny, mundane reality of life in a nursing home. In her own words, Janice N. Harrington worked her way through college as a nurses' aide and wrote The Hands of Strangers because she "cannot forget the 'girls' I worked with or the 'residents' under my care. I haven't forgotten what I saw, heard, felt, or learned."
Janic N. Harrington…
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AwardsPoetryNonfictionAmerican Poetry21st Century American PoetryAfrican American PoetryAmerican poetry->Women authors->21st centuryAmerican poetry->African American authors->21st centuryAmerican poetry->African American women authorsAmerican poetry->21st centuryBooks from the 2009 Winners of the Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' AwardsRona Jaffe Foundation Writers' AwardsOther AwardsBooks from the Winners of the Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Awards



