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ARE YOU A BABY-BOOMER CARING FOR YOUR DYING PARENTS? THEN STANDING THE WATCH: THE GREATEST GIFT IS FOR YOU.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Clallam Bay, WA -- Big River Press is dedicated to bringing unusual and engaging books to the reading public and feels R. J. BROWN's memoir STANDING THE WATCH: The Greatest Gift continues this tradition.

In STANDING THE WATCH, Lincoln Brown, at the age 89 is in a Seattle hospital where his doctor gives him three months left to live; R. J. Brown's life changes. He chooses to return to his cabin in the Olympic Peninsula rainforest where he can die at peace in his own bed, cared for by his son and daughter-in-law. Weaving excerpts from her medical log which she had to keep for the State with memories, e-mails, essays and useful lists, R. J. Brown gently shares with you what it took to Stand The Watch of her beloved Poppa's final days.

"Whether you intend to care for a loved-one as they die and are looking for comfort, wisdom and help, or you doubt you'll ever be at the bedside of a dying person, there's much to gain from STANDING THE WATCH." Lynn Lott, M.A., M.F.T., DO-IT-YOURSELF THERAPY.

"STANDING THE WATCH is a page turner, beautifully written and heart warming. One might wonder how a book about death and dying could be heart warming, but it is. R. J. Brown writes clearly, simply, and movingly, and never fails to hold the reader's interest. I cannot imagine that there is anyone who would not deepen and evolve on reading STANDING THE WATCH." Dr. Alma H. Bond, Psychotherapist and author of 11 books.

"STANDING THE WATCH is very timely with so many families taking on the challenge of a Home Death, and the author's articulate and folksy writing style makes for a very readable and fascinating tale." Ruth Raven, Hospice Nurse

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
R. J. Brown emigrated from London to Chicago where she worked in the Civil Rights Movement with Rabbi Marx and Dr. King. On moving to the Pacific Northwest, she was Managing Editor of the Townsend Letter for Doctors, and then founded RebeccasReads.com. She is now a contributing writer for the Seniors Sunset Times on the Olympic Peninsula where she lives with her husband, the suspense-thriller author D. H. Brown. She is at work on her first mystery THE DEAD HUSBAND and her next non-fiction entitled RAIN FOREST LIVING: Sketches from a Northwest home. The author's website is: http://www.rjbrownbooks.com.

VITAL INFORMATION:
Title: STANDING THE WATCH: The Greatest Gift
Author: R. J. Brown
Publisher: Big River Press

Genre: Memoir, Health, Medicine, Aging

Trade Paperback
ISBN-13: 978-0-9798744-3-7
ISBN-10: 0-9798744-3-2
Price: $13.95 US
Binding: Perfect Bound Trade Paperback
Pages: 228

RELEASED: July 2008

This book will be available to retail outlets through Ingram, Baker and Taylor and at most online book distributors.

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The Books of R. J. Brown

Published October 2008.

Standing The Watch
by R. J. Brown

When a prominent doctor in a Seattle hospital tells Lincoln Brown he has less than three months left to live; R. J. Brown's life changes. In the 89th year of his life, Lincoln chooses to return to his cabin in the rainforest of the Olympic Peninsula where his beloved Buddy dog awaits and where he can die at home in his bed, the way he was born, in the company of his family.

Published April 2009.

The Dead Husband
by R. J. Brown

A Sally Sees Cozy Mystery

Cleaning up dead husbands is not in SALLY COLLIER's job description so when she finds one half-buried at the bottom of his garden, her Monday morning schedule gets seriously derailed.

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