Book Notes

Bookshelf Notes—Insights on living from the wisdom of dying

While it is written by a chaplain who has sat with hundreds of dying people, it is more about living and the meaning of living. But mostly it is a quick read that can make you feel good and change how you think about living and dying.

On Living by Kerry Egan was published in 2016 by Penguin Publishing. This review was written by UMRA member and Past President Ron Anderson, who says this book is about finding “joy in living.”

March 2017 Cares Committee Bookshelf: The Song Poet

The Song Poet: A Memoir of My Father, by Kao Kalia Yang. 2016, Metropolitan books. Thank you to UMRA member Linda Lindeke for this review.

Bookshelf Notes: Lab Girl from a researcher's point of view

Lab Girl by Hope Jahren was published in 2016 by Alfred A. Knopf. This review was written by UMRA member and Past President Jean Kinsey.

Any scientist who has worked in a laboratory with research assistants and eager students will identify with many a familiar scene in Lab Girl...