The former first lady's memoir covers her small-town childhood, her life as a wife and mother, her role in the family business, her public and political efforts, and her years near the center of power

First Lady from Plains

Carter, Rosalynn

Biographies & Memoirs

Houghton/Mifflin

First Lady From Plains

Fawcett

Helping Yourself Help Others: A Book for Caregivers

The former first lady presents a practical handbook on how to care at home for people with chronic health problems, addressing the social issues that have created a crisis in caregiving and offering practical solutions to the problems. 75,000 first printing. $75,000 ad/promo. Tour.

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Crown

Having cared at home for her ailing father and grandfather, Rosalynn Carter's involvement has taught her that Americans are in the middle of a caregiving crisis. In this book, Mrs. Carter addresses the social issues that have created this crisis and offers practical solutions to the problems caregivers typically experience, such as isolation, burnout, anger, and helplessness.

Golant M.A., Susan

Three Rivers Press

The first thing you need to know is that life isn't over. "The good news," writes Mrs. Carter in Helping Someone with Mental Illness, "is that with proper diagnosis and treatment, the overwhelming majority of people with mental illness can now lead productive lives." Based on Mrs. Carter's twenty-five years of advocacy and the latest data from the Rosalynn Carter Symposia for Mental Illness, her book offers step-by-step information on what to do after the diagnosis: seeking the best treatment; evaluating health-care providers; managing workplace, financial, and legal matters. Mrs. Carter addresses the latest breakthroughs in understanding, research, and treatment of schizophrenia, depression, manic depression, panic attacks, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and other mental disorders. She also discusses the emotional and psychological issues in caregiving for people with mental illness and offers concrete suggestions to help erase the prejudice and discrimination based on misinformation about mental illness. Her book is also a rich clearinghouse that guides readers to hundreds of specialized resources, including organizations, hot lines, newsletters, videos, books, websites, and more. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Helping Someone With Mental Illness : Compassionate Guide For Family, Friends, and Caregivers

Parenting & Relationships

Focusing on the Carters' own experiences since leaving the White House, this autobiography offers advice on how Americans can make the most of the second part of their lives

Everything to Gain: Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic Series)

History

CARTER, Jimmy

Americas

Thorndike Pr

Everything to Gain: Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life

First Lady from Plains, first published in 1984, is Rosalynn’s Carter’s autobiography, covering her life from her childhood in Plains, Georgia, through her time as First Lady. It is “a readable, lively and revealing account of the Carters and their remarkable journey from rural Georgia to the White House in a span of ten years” (The New York Times).

Community & Culture

University of Arkansas Press

In the groundbreaking PBS special And Thou Shalt Honor, producers Harry Wiland and Dale Bell bring to light the challenges facing today's caregivers. This companion volume picks up where the show leaves off, providing the kind of information and practical support essential for anyone in a caregiving situation. More than 54 million American families are involved in the care of loved ones who are elderly or ill. And millions more will be affected in the years to come. If you're a caregiver, or you expect to become one, And Thou Shalt Honor: The Caregiver's Companion offers help and hope. Page after page of useful advice draws on the expertise of the nation's top caregiving researchers and advocates, as well as the real-world wisdom of caregivers just like you. You'll find insights and answers on all aspects of providing care, including: - Reaching out to a loved one in need of help - Managing day-to-day caregiving tasks - Accessing public and private caregiving resources - Navigating the legal and financial maze - Assembling a caregiving support network - Understanding the changing family dynamic - Surviving and thriving in the caregiver role Complete with action plans and checklists for key caregiving issues, plus a comprehensive directory of essential caregiving resources, And Thou Shalt Honor: The Caregiver's Companion reaches out to all caregivers--and to those they love. Make it your companion for the caregiving journey.

And Thou Shalt Honor: The Caregiver's Companion

McLeod, Beth Witrogen

Reference

Rodale Books

In Within Our Reach: Ending the Mental Health Crisis, Rosalynn Carter and coauthors Susan K. Golant and Kathryn E. Cade render an insightful, unsparing assessment of the state of mental health. Mrs. Carter has been deeply invested in this issue since her husband's gubernatorial campaign when she saw firsthand the horrific, dehumanizing treatment of people with mental illnesses.
Using stories from her 35 years of advocacy to springboard into a discussion of the larger issues at hand, Carter crafts an intimate and powerful account of a subject previously shrouded in stigma and shadow, surveying the dimensions of an issue that has affected us all. She describes a system that continues to fail those in need, even though recent scientific breakthroughs with mental illness have potential to help most people lead more normal lives.
Within Our Reach is a seminal, searing, and ultimately optimistic look at how far we've come since Carter's days on the campaign trail and how far we have yet to go.

Within Our Reach: Ending the Mental Health Crisis

Golant, Susan K.

Cade, Kathryn E

Mental Health

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First Lady from Plains

First Lady From Plains

Helping Yourself Help Others: A Book for Caregivers

Helping Yourself Help Others: A Book for Caregivers

Helping Someone With Mental Illness : Compassionate Guide For Family, Friends, and Caregivers

Everything to Gain: Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic Series)

Everything to Gain: Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life

First Lady from Plains

And Thou Shalt Honor: The Caregiver's Companion

Within Our Reach: Ending the Mental Health Crisis