Books by Lori

 

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Trips to Town

A fascinating recollection of a 1930s and 40s boyhood.

Neil Nelson’s stories of growing up in Iowa during the Great Depression and World War II will keep you engaged and wanting more. You’ll meet the timid boy, born on a farm, whose hard-working parents keep going despite scarcity and whose grandpa teaches him to hunt and fish. Follow the family to their modest cottage on the shores of Big Spirit Lake.

Neil introduces you to his sisters, relatives, friends, and neighbors, all of whom influence his development into an independent, determined young man.
You’ll read about an inspiring school superintendent, a bootlegger, and a bandleader whose growing fame makes his name a household word. You’ll witness resourcefulness born of hard times, classmates who find ways to socialize without money, and boys called to serve in WWII—some of whom never return, and some who come home as men bearing scars.

Be uplifted by these remarkable-yet-ordinary folks. People who faced the difficult 1930s and ’40s with diligence and fortitude.

These snippets of life are told in Neil Nelson’s unassuming voice and punctuated by the enjoyment of trips to town.

Turquoise Parade: Stories

Turquoise Parade offers a thought-provoking mosaic of everyday life

This gallery of thirty-seven short fiction stories by Lori Lipsky delivers an insightful sampling of the unpredictable actions and predicaments of humankind.

A good, swift kick brings relief and may alter traffic patterns. Ten years of hamburgers every Tuesday inspire the paint color of a couple’s house. A father surprises his family from the other side. Distress evaporates in the glow of an act of kindness. A young wife’s excitement to plant her favorite flowers runs head-first into a neighbor with strong opinions and a ready voice. Know-it-alls who don’t know it all make plans to search online later. A marriage grows stronger as the family dog’s odor goes down the drain.

In the pages of Turquoise Parade, you’ll encounter an undertone of down-to-earth wisdom. You’ll discover honest slivers of life infused with a buoyant quality that will warm and refresh.

Lori Lipsky’s stories can transform a reader’s perspective. With an economy of words, she paints pop-off-the-page characters who leave lasting impressions. Her sage perception of the follies, faults, and affections of the human heart will last beyond the final page.

Used Cookie Sheets: Very Short Stories

Used Cookie Sheets spotlights very short stories to offer thought-provoking slivers of life

In these 45 flash fiction stories, witness:
• A wife fleeing from home with her three daughters
• A boy whose great misfortune is a last name beginning with Z
• The empowering effect of a dad’s nap on his daughter
• A brother who gives his sister the birthday gift of an extra year of life
• A neighbor in a pink house who teaches a woman to say “no”
• The dropping of a famous name, resulting in the death of a child’s dream
• The impact of an unkept promise

These stories will lead you through unexpected turns and laugh-out-loud misunderstandings. You’ll find everyday people grappling with loneliness and grief, surprised by unexpected crossroads, and comforted by compassion and hope. Travel with these new friends from farm to library café to Nepal and back to their own neighborhoods.

Compilations

Lori Lipsky is a contributor to Live & Learn:Unexpected Lessons from God's Classroom (A WordGirls Collective)

You'll relate to these essays if you’re tired of figuring out God’s guidance the hard way. Live & Learn features first-person stories about unexpected lessons from twenty-seven WordGirls. God uses big and small circumstances for monumental life-transforming moments. Even the insignificant can make a big impact when we pay attention.

The expression live and learn has been passed down through time to mean we often grasp life best by experience. Some of us catch on the hard way or take multiple times to comprehend and apply this sort of training.

Come discover the unexpected with us as you read along about:

  • Childhood life schooling
  • Hilarious ahas! with ha-has
  • Embarrassment as a teacher
  • Turning points in life
  • Stranger-than-life teachers
  • Tough-but-tender love

You will find these essays to be a balance of funny and serious, dialogue and narration, weighty and light.

Lori is a contributor to Wit, Whimsy & Wisdom: A 12-Week Devotional to Shine the Light on God’s Word (A WordGirls Collective).

In each devotion look for a concept you can refer back to in your thoughts as you go about your day. The stories will give you some grins, some grace and some grit to help you through the struggles you face as well as help you celebrate moments of victory.

This three-month devotional is divided into five relevant sections featuring: Worship & Prayer, Humor, Family, Spiritual Growth, Women’s Issues.

“Our desire is for you to find nuggets within these pages that make you think, inspire you to worship, and even give you a few laughs along the way.” Kathy Carlton Willis, founder of WordGirls

Lori Lipsky is a contributor to Snapshots of Hope & Heart: A 12-Week Devotional to Shine the Light on God’s Word (A WordGirls Collective).

When we hear the word snapshots . . . we think moments.

In this WordGirls collective, authors researched what God’s Word says about the topics of hope and heart. Snapshots of Hope & Heart includes 84 devotions written by 34 WordGirls. The authors inserted stories, much like snapshots, to help us capture a true-to-life inspirational insight fitting for the daily Scripture. We hope the takeaways will stick with you throughout the day, similar to the memory of a snapshot long after you’ve tucked it away.