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New Memoir “Barn Side or Seaside” Draws on Nurse’s Two Decades Caring for Children and Adults With Serious Illness
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Meggan Barrett has released a new memoir, "Barn Side or Seaside," drawing on more than twenty years of nursing work with children and adults facing serious medical conditions. The book is published through Newman Springs Publishing.
Barrett was born in Jamaica, the third of five children, and later immigrated to the United States, where she built a nursing career centered on vulnerable patients. According to the announcement, she spent eight years working with pediatric patients and twelve years with adults, experience she says shaped both the clinical and emotional understanding at the center of her writing.
The work explores how families navigate unexpected health emergencies and the critical contributions of medical professionals during those critical junctures. Barrett’s stated aim, per the announcement, is to dispute common misunderstandings about disability, emphasizing that differences should not be pathologized, and to argue that dignity, respect, and community support are central to recovery and belonging.
"My years caring for children and adults with serious medical conditions taught me that every person deserves dignity, support, and the belief that they can overcome the odds," Barrett said in the announcement. "I wrote this book to inspire families, educate communities, and honor the remarkable strength I’ve witnessed in my patients and their loved ones."
The book draws its material directly from her patients and their families, whom Barrett describes as having taught her as much as she gave them in care. "Barn Side or Seaside" is available through Newman Springs Publishing’s website, as well as major retailers including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Google Play, and the Apple iTunes Store.
Studio CarryOnHarry sees this as part of a steady stream of memoirs by frontline medical workers turning years of bedside experience into public advocacy for disability and illness awareness — a genre worth watching as more caregivers choose to write.
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Myrna Sanner, an educator with more than four decades of classroom experience, has released "Pushing the Education Reset Button: Acquiring Knowledge and Building Character," published through Covenant Books.
The book argues that federal involvement in schools, teachers’ unions, university-level teacher training, and heavy classroom use of technology have weakened American education, according to the announcement. Sanner’s proposed remedy is a return to what she calls holistic, classical education, which the book positions as a way to rebuild academic rigor, improve attendance and test scores, and strengthen student character and behavior.
According to a synopsis of the book, Sanner frames her argument around a set of figures and concerns: national data showing roughly 31 percent of fourth-graders proficient in reading, and U.S. student rankings of 38th in math and 24th in science compared with other countries internationally. The book also raises concerns about ideological content in schools and what Sanner describes as a decline in shared values such as respect, responsibility and hard work, which she argues classical education historically reinforced.
Sanner’s background spans more than thirty classrooms over her career, work helping launch early Head Start programs, a teaching stint at the American School in Japan, and service on multiple curriculum development committees, the announcement states. She was on staff at an Ohio elementary school when it was named Ohio School of the Year, holds advanced degrees in education and counseling, and has completed Professional Teachers Certification. She has also mentored more than fifty teachers, according to the release.
"My diverse experience in education, as a teacher and mother, has convinced me that returning to the fundamental principles of holistic, classical education presents our most promising opportunity to rebuild academic excellence and strengthen the character of our students," Sanner said in a statement accompanying the release.
The book arrives as the publisher notes the United States marking the 250th anniversary of its founding this year, a framing Sanner invokes directly, tying her argument for classical education to the country’s founding-era emphasis on education as, in her words, a safeguard for a free and unified society.
"Pushing the Education Reset Button" is available through Covenant Books’ website, as well as major retailers including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Google Play and the Apple iTunes Store.
Studio CarryOnHarry will be watching whether Sanner’s classical-education argument gets traction beyond the book itself, given how contested the debate over curriculum and teacher training has become in American schools.
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Roberta Lydick, an elementary school educator from Hookstown, Pennsylvania, has published her debut book, "Scams, Scams, Scams, and More Scams," a resource designed to help readers identify scams and prevent financial loss. The book came out through Hawes & Jenkins in July 2026, according to publisher listings, and is available in paperback for $16.95 as well as through major e-book retailers.
Lydick wrote the book after years of watching the toll fraud takes on people close to her, according to the announcement. She draws on that experience, rather than a background in law enforcement or cybersecurity, to walk readers through how scams typically unfold.
The book covers a wide range of schemes, the publisher’s description states, including online impersonation, romance scams, social media exploitation, identity theft, and financial fraud. Beyond explaining how scammers operate and what warning signs to watch for, it also addresses what to do after the fact, offering steps toward recovery for people who have already been targeted.
"I have met too many people who blame themselves for being scammed, when they are truly victims," Lydick said in a statement. "My hope is that this book helps everyone recognize the dangers around them and take control of their own protection."
The subject is a crowded one. Books on scam recognition and online fraud prevention have circulated for more than a decade, often written by cybersecurity professionals or journalists. What distinguishes Lydick’s entry, based on the material supplied, is its framing around shame and self-blame among victims rather than purely technical mechanics of fraud.
The book is sold through Hawes & Jenkins’ website, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Google Play, and the Apple iTunes Store, along with bookstores generally.
Studio CarryOnHarry sees the real value in a book like this less in novelty and more in reach — fraud education written by someone outside the security industry may land differently with readers who’d tune out a more technical guide.
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