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FROM: Robin Bradford <[removed]@imcpl.lib.in.us>
REC'D: 5/17/02, 11:40 AM

Hi all,

Well, I 'm clueless about this one. Any help you could give would be
great.

Robin
IMCPL

-----Original Message-----
From: JULIE MOLINE [[removed]@nwshelby.k12.in.us]
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 10:49 AM
To: [removed]@imcpl.lib.in.us
Subject: Please Help

Ms. Bradford,

I am a local high school librarian, and I need help with this reference
question. I was e-mailed this request from a teacher for one of her
husband's adult patients. Because my specialty is YA fiction, I think you
might be more qualified in this area. I have already suggested novels by
Willa Cather. Please email me. We will be in school until Wednesday.

Sincere thanks,

Julie

****************************************************************************
*************
Julie, could you give me some recommendations for books for someone who has
a mental handicap but is a fairly proficient reader? The story line canNOT
contain anything dealing with illness or suicide as this person is an
extreme hypocondriac (seriously) and would imagine herself to have whatever
disease were mentioned in the book. I recommended (and she both read and
enjoyed Summer of My German Soldier) but most of the other titles I can
think of contain material that wouldn't be healthy for her to read. Is this
one of the strangest requests you've had today?

Thanks,

Mrs. Fedorchak

Julie Marie Moline
Librarian
Triton Central High School
http://www.nwshelby.k12.in.us/tcmedia.htm

FROM: Candice Michalik <[removed]@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 5/17/02, 12:11 PM

How about the Anne of Green Gables series?

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Candice Michalik
Reference Librarian
Lynchburg Public Library
Lynchburg, VA
[removed]@yahoo.com

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FROM: Sandy Westbrook <[removed]@crlc.org>
REC'D: 5/17/02, 1:38 PM

Robin and all,
Here are some suggestions, but please, my memory does sometimes fail me.
<g> If anything I suggest contains illness and/or suicide - please chime in.
Erma Bombeck
Dorothy Gilman - the Mrs. Pollifax books
Having Our Say by the Delany sisters
The Cat Who mysteries by Braun - if death in general is o.k.
Marion Chesney - she writes light, gentle, historical English romances;
nothing graphic, and they're fairly short.
Some "YA" fantasy might do the trick (I use quotes because adults like
these as well) - Diana Wynne Jones' Howl's Moving Castle and Patricia
Wrede's Dealing with Dragons come to mind.
HTH

Sandy Westbrook
Adult Services Librarian
South Windsor Public Library
South Windsor, CT 06074
Ph 860-644-1541
Fax 860-644-7645
[removed]@crlc.org

At 08:44 AM 5/17/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>Well, I 'm clueless about this one. Any help you could give would be
>great.
>
>Robin
>IMCPL
>
>

FROM: "Marsha Valance" <[removed]@mpl.org>
REC'D: 5/17/02, 2:09 PM

What about autobiographies by Ralph Moody or James Herriott?
Susan Conant & Laurie Berenson write light, entertaining mysteries with dogs. Ditto Rita Mae Brown & Marian Babson about cats. Nancy Atherton's Aunt Dimity mysteries are Manning Coles' books about the Latimer family are charming ghost stories.

Marsha Valance
Regional Librarian
Wisconsin Regional Library f/t Blind & Physically Handicapped
813 West Wells St.
Milwaukee, WI 53233
1.800.242.8822 [in-state]
<[removed]@mpl.org>

>>> [removed]@imcpl.lib.in.us 05/17/02 08:44AM >>>
Hi all,

Well, I 'm clueless about this one. Any help you could give would be
great.

Robin
IMCPL

-----Original Message-----
From: JULIE MOLINE [[removed]@nwshelby.k12.in.us]
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 10:49 AM
To: [removed]@imcpl.lib.in.us
Subject: Please Help

Ms. Bradford,

I am a local high school librarian, and I need help with this reference
question. I was e-mailed this request from a teacher for one of her
husband's adult patients. Because my specialty is YA fiction, I think you
might be more qualified in this area. I have already suggested novels by
Willa Cather. Please email me. We will be in school until Wednesday.

Sincere thanks,

Julie

****************************************************************************
*************
Julie, could you give me some recommendations for books for someone who has
a mental handicap but is a fairly proficient reader? The story line canNOT
contain anything dealing with illness or suicide as this person is an
extreme hypocondriac (seriously) and would imagine herself to have whatever
disease were mentioned in the book. I recommended (and she both read and
enjoyed Summer of My German Soldier) but most of the other titles I can
think of contain material that wouldn't be healthy for her to read. Is this
one of the strangest requests you've had today?

Thanks,

Mrs. Fedorchak

Julie Marie Moline
Librarian
Triton Central High School
http://www.nwshelby.k12.in.us/tcmedia.htm

FROM: [removed]@jcl.lib.ks.us
REC'D: 5/17/02, 2:09 PM

"Enchanted April" by Elizabeth Von Arnim ?
Also, when I was in high school, I enjoyed reading books by Ellen Conford;
I haven't read all of her books, but the ones I read were very funny; and
didn't deal with heavy topics.
I also enjoyed reading books by Phyllis Whitney, who writes mysteries,
romantic suspense - appropriate for young adults as well as adults.

Beth Reed, Gardner branch of Johnson County Library

-----Original Message-----
From: Robin Bradford
To: Fiction_L
Sent: 5/17/02 8:44 AM
Subject: FW: Please Help

Hi all,

Well, I 'm clueless about this one. Any help you could give would be
great.

Robin
IMCPL

-----Original Message-----
From: JULIE MOLINE [[removed]@nwshelby.k12.in.us]
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 10:49 AM
To: [removed]@imcpl.lib.in.us
Subject: Please Help

Ms. Bradford,

I am a local high school librarian, and I need help with this reference
question. I was e-mailed this request from a teacher for one of her
husband's adult patients. Because my specialty is YA fiction, I think
you
might be more qualified in this area. I have already suggested novels
by
Willa Cather. Please email me. We will be in school until Wednesday.

Sincere thanks,

Julie

************************************************************************
****
*************
Julie, could you give me some recommendations for books for someone who
has
a mental handicap but is a fairly proficient reader? The story line
canNOT
contain anything dealing with illness or suicide as this person is an
extreme hypocondriac (seriously) and would imagine herself to have
whatever
disease were mentioned in the book. I recommended (and she both read
and
enjoyed Summer of My German Soldier) but most of the other titles I can
think of contain material that wouldn't be healthy for her to read. Is
this
one of the strangest requests you've had today?

Thanks,

Mrs. Fedorchak

Julie Marie Moline
Librarian
Triton Central High School
http://www.nwshelby.k12.in.us/tcmedia.htm

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