Your Aging Parents Re
Earl A. Grollman. Beacon Press (MA), $11 (176pp) ISBN 978-0-8070-2799-8
Rabbi Grollman and his daughter offer advice on geriatric care quietly framed in verse-like lines. (Nov.)
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Reviewed on: 11/03/1997
Genre: Nonfiction
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