In this moving collection, nursing home workers who care for the elderly and infirm tell their stories. These essential caregivers are too often ignored or disrespected. Yet their stories show us how their challenging work is so often motivated by love. Family members and friends who are admitted for long term care and, perhaps, for the last stage of life, are comforted by these courageous workers whose loving hands hold them in their long, lonely night. Tim Sheard, editor, Hard Ball Press.