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Dale Ruth Sherburne, author of Neither Wife Nor Widow, will be speaking at the Rangeley Public Library on Wednesday, August 19th, at 6:00 PM. Neither Wife nor Widow is a collection of personal stories that explore the emotional realities of caregiving for a loved one with dementia.  A riveting, straight-from-the-trenches reveal about the emotions experienced while caregiving for a family member with dementia. Through dozens of conversational vignettes, the author bares her feelings with raw, unapologetic honesty. Stories range from humorous to touching to wrenching, and shed a previously unseen light into a caregiver’s mind.  The caregiver heart will lighten knowing that “caregiver-land” has no room for judgment or guilt. Loneliness will become kinship with the millions of like-feeling caregivers who stand tall as survivors, proud of work that can bend the soul but never break it. Caregivers—you—are the silent heroes who willingly give your all to your loved ones, give it again and still yet again. You are magnificent! We salute you. Terri Kelly, a representative from Rangeley Health and Wellness’s HARK program (HELP Adult Respite Care), will also be available with information about this valuable program. HARK provides needed aid for caregivers by creating a safe place where cognitively challenged seniors can participate in activities designed specifically to enrich their daily lives. Typically this program runs every Wednesday from 11-3 throughout the year in the lower level of the Rangeley Family Medicine Facility. Please stop by the Library, call (207)864-5529 or visit our website at rangeleylibrary.org to sign up for this free program.