Melanie P. Merriman, Ph. D.

former research scientist, hospice quality consultant, and non-profit foundation grant evaluator; award-winning author of Holding the Net: Caring for My Mother on the Tightrope of Aging; winner of American Book Fest’s 2017 Best Book Award for Autobiography/Memoir; her articles and essays have appeared in The Washington Post, ThirdAge.com, and NextAvenue.org

 Holding the Net: Caring For My Mother On the Tightrope of Aging

by Melanie P. Merriman, Ph. D.