Riley Harrison has traveled to her grandmother's house in Lake Okoboji, Iowa, where she plans to visit for a week . . . or so she thinks. All too soon, Riley learns that her grandmother isn't doing well, and can no longer care for the house and guest cabins that make up the Harrison Resort. While trying to straighten out her grandmother's finances, continue her job as a website designer long-distance, and renew old friendships, she meets Aaron Wolfe, a beguiling local restaurant owner and entrepreneur who seems to have his eye on Riley's grandmother's property. Or is his eye on Riley? Can she...
Riley Harrison has traveled to her grandmother's house in Lake Okoboji, Iowa, where she plans to visit for a week . . . or so she thinks. All too soon...
Following the popular Midwest series, this third volume features thirty-eight nostalgic stories by authors from Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, Michigan and more. Containing stories as diverse as "The Singing Silo," about a young girl's entertainment on the farm, to "Journey Through the Valley of Death," which recounts the author's harrowing experience during the blizzard of 1975, there's something here to please, and captivate, every reader.
Following the popular Midwest series, this third volume features thirty-eight nostalgic stories by authors from Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, Michiga...
Make Hay While the Sun Shines follows the tradition of the Midwest anthologies with a fun, and often insightful, collection of stories by a wide range of talented authors. Animal stories abound, beginning with "Bird and Dolly," the tale of a pair of sturdy workhorses, to "Bugsy the Traveling Cat," about a feline's unique mode of transportation. With "Switchboard Telephone Operators," we get a firsthand account of early telephone service in small towns and the rural areas. Containing thirty-four stories by both new and returning authors, this latest volume is sure to have something to please...
Make Hay While the Sun Shines follows the tradition of the Midwest anthologies with a fun, and often insightful, collection of stories by a wide range...
Sowing Wild Oats brings, once again, an assortment of nostalgic, funny and touching stories with this, the fifth installment of the Midwest anthologies. Within these pages you'll find some familiar names, authors who have shared their memories before, as well as many new contributors. "Social Dancing Class" by David Peterson offers a humorous glimpse into the trials of a first year college student in Minnesota when he learns the class he'd signed up for isn't going to be quite as cushy as he'd thought; and in "When Memories Become a Treasure," Joyce Jenkins recalls, with love, the life of...
Sowing Wild Oats brings, once again, an assortment of nostalgic, funny and touching stories with this, the fifth installment of the Midwest anthologie...
Readers will savor the sixth in a series of anthologies about growing up in the rural Midwest. The stories in Needle in a Haystack recount bits of wistful reflection that are certain to move and amuse. Thirty-two contributors share such memories as tinkering with cars, searching for treasure in junk piles, and the value of hard work. Others write of treasured gifts, train rides, hitch-hiking, mishaps and near-catastrophes. Lake Okoboji in northwest Iowa is the setting for three diverse narratives dealing with a range of emotions, from the joy of learning to water ski, to the misery of being...
Readers will savor the sixth in a series of anthologies about growing up in the rural Midwest. The stories in Needle in a Haystack recount bits of wis...
It's Not the Heat, It's the Humidity continues, with this seventh volume, the tradition of Shapato Publishing's yearly "Midwest" stories. In these pages you'll have the opportunity to read author/director Scott Rubsam's account of meeting Robert Kennedy during a campaign stop in Worthington, Minnesota; Orville Taylor's stay in Japan following WWII; as well as new contributor Sam Kaderly's amusing story about an ornery billy goat on the family farm. Whether you're in the mood to laugh or shed a tear, there will be something here to feed the soul.
It's Not the Heat, It's the Humidity continues, with this seventh volume, the tradition of Shapato Publishing's yearly "Midwest" stories. In these pag...
