JULY 2024 FREE BOOK!
This year, it is my honor to have nominated writer Gloria Whelan for induction into the Upper Peninsula Literary Hall of Fame. Gloria Whelan is 100 years old and one of Michigan’s most gifted authors. The majority of Gloria’s books are written for the young adult market or middle readers. Her incredible novel HOMELESS BIRD was the winner of the year 2000’s National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. The National Book Awards are recognized as one of the most prestigious literary awards in the world. The induction ceremony for the Literary Hall of Fame will take place on Thursday, July 18 at 5 p.m. at the Escanaba (Michigan) Public Library. I will be reading from her work during the ceremony.
Gloria Whelan
In her honor, we are giving away four of Mrs. Whelan’s books to one lucky winner. They include three “Stepping Stones” books (chapter books for younger readers): Next Spring an Oriole, Silver, and Hannah. Also, our winner will receive a copy of her National Book Award novel, Homeless Bird.
Mrs. Whelan is a Michigan native, but her novels are set in many exotic locations. Our four give-away book settings include Alaska, Michigan, and India. Our give-away copies are all new paperback editions.
To have your name included in our Wednesday, July 10 drawing, just answer this question. What is the longest journey you have ever taken?
Happy Reading!
Sue
My husband and I drove from Alaska to Washington DC and back to Alaska. I’d love to read these with my daughter. Hope you’re having a wonderful summer!
To Australia
Physically: the longest journey me, my husband and my children have ever made was when we moved from tioga La, to fulton Ny we moved there to be close to my brother. After a year of snow storms and having to stay inside, not seeing the sun or grass, I had to move back home.
Mentally: it has had to be this past year, my mother, who I was always very close to, she had stage 4 cancer, she said in her back, blood, and lungs. In her last yr of life, i was only allowed to see my mother one visit at a trailer she shared with my sister for 2 hrs, and then when my oldest son saw my mother was in the hospital, they said at that time she had 24-48 hrs left, my son called and told me i needed to get up there to see her before she is gone. My foot was broken at the time, i was in a boot, i packed a overnite bag, i had planned to just go and stay with mama until… my oldest sister was there, i was able to stay about 7 mins.. i can remember lovingly stroking and holding mama’s left hand, as i told her, ‘you always had the softest hands mama, i love you’ i was able to kiss her 3 times on the forehead.
The moment my mama passed, i was at home sitting on my couch, i knew she had passed before anyone had told me.. my dear sweet beautiful, wonderfully, talented mother, she gave me the gift of sight, she showed me, that although i thought i was really in touch with my thoughts and feelings, i thought i knew and understood myself very well… i was wrong, it was humbling.. i did in fact tell my family about what happened, and i explained to them, that nothing from before matters anymore… also it was a day or 2 later, i had had a ‘vision’ or ‘dream’ about mom passing in hospital, i could see everything, only my oldest sist was there, when i explained everything to my sister, including things she was trying to hurry and tell mama before she was no longer here. she told me that it did in fact happen exactly like that. My mama passed away March 30, since i spoke with my oldest sister… we now have been really trying to form a better bond, i am glad for it, grateful.
After my mama passed away, i felt more like a ‘real’ adult that i ever had. I took it upon mysel, to try to check on everyone often, and just try to help them, we are family, we are all we have got, my mom and my aunt always lived close to each other, my aunt always helped mom all she could…
I am still grieving my mama, im not sure if or when the pain from the heavy loss, my mama was my best frienfld since i was 14, she was the one i ALWAYS called over there.However i do feel like my mama is proud of me for efforts within our family…
Mileage wise..Detroit to Amsterdam.
But presently, since Jan 23, 2024, I have had Vertigo. Had the crystals put back, only to now have cervical neck dizziness. Please
The longest journey I have ever taken is on the road to maturity. There are so many blockades and twists & turns. I’m 75 and still not sure I’ve arrived.