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Julie Akins talks about her book “Bone Deep: Love and Survival in a Broken Healthcare System”

Julie Akins talks about her book “Bone Deep: Love and Survival in a Broken Healthcare System” is on Monday, October 26, 2026 from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Bloomsbury Books, 290 E. Main St., Ashland in Medford, OR.

When

Monday, October 26, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Where

Bloomsbury Books, 290 E. Main St., Ashland

Cost

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When everything collapses at once, survival becomes an act of love. After Julie Akins‘s husband, Leo, suffers a devastating stroke, she becomes his caregiver, advocate, and lifeline. Then Julie’s own body begins to fail. A specialist raises the possibility of a slow-moving cancer, but no one provides a clear diagnosis or coordinated path forward.

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