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I'll See You In My Dreams: A Sister's Memoir is an unforgettable portrait of sibling love as told by Larkin McPhee, a Peabody and Emmy award-winning documentary filmmaker, and her dream-expert younger brother, Charles McPhee, host of the nationally syndicated radio program The Dream Doctor Show. At forty-four, Charles's life changed forever when he was diagnosed with the fatal neurodegenerative disease ALS. Using remembered moments, dreams, emails, and excerpts from his radio show, Larkin looks back on the years with her brother, both before his diagnosis and afterward, tracing a poignant but joyful journey across time as they encourage each other's creativity and nontraditional careers. In addition to helping his radio listeners, Charles guides Larkin through her dreams and their impact on her life, helping her discover her voice as a documentary filmmaker. And in the face of insurmountable odds, Charles finds hope and beauty, ultimately showing Larkin, and all of us, how to live.

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Larkin McPhee is a Peabody and Emmy award-winning producer of documentary films covering topics ranging from the environment to mental health to the cosmos. She has been writing documentary scripts for over thirty years and articles related to her films for publications including the Boston Globe and Minnesota Star Tribune. She was inspired to write I'll See You In My Dreams: A Sister's Memoir after losing her younger brother to ALS. Charles was host of a popular radio show on dream interpretation, and his story was picked up by multiple media outlets including spots on the Today Show, as well as several articles in the New York Times.

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