"What consolation is there in growing old, in such loss?" asks Ann Putnam, who was witness and caregiver to her mother, father, and her father's twin brother as they reached old age and eventually died. Full Moon at Noontide: A Daughter's Last Goodbye (Southern Methodist University Press) is also her story, as she helps these elders move first into a retirement community and then through illnesses and hospice. "Old age, death and impermanence—it seems at first glance impossible to make a reader see these timeless and universal experiences with fresh eyes, but Ann Putnam's luminous prose achieves that miracle and more, transforming pain, suffering, and loss into a literary gift of beauty and redemption." - Charles Johnson. Ann Putnam teaches creative writing and gender studies at the University of Puget Sound.