Pencil marks in the margins of books gathered over a lifetime was proof of a life lived. So when it came time for Andrew McKean to move into aged care, leaving his books behind made the self thinner My wife, Patricia, and I came to our nursing home with little more than clothes, a few photograph...
Source: [Guardian International](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/02/notes-from-a-nursing-home-our-books-told-of-who-we-were-the-story-of-us-then-the-movers-came-and-asked-what-should-go)