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"otterly wonderful reading"
16965 Nicolet Road * Townsend, Wisconsin 54175 * (715) 276-6515
 
     
 The Truth About Townsend: Volume I
 Transforming the Northwoods

This is the true story of loggers, farmers, hunters, bootleggers, merchants, resort owners, and clergymen who somehow managed to scratch out a living in the wild and woolly Wisconsin Northwoods. It contains a collection of personal stories and priceless pictures that would probably have been lost to the ravages of time, and is a must-read for anyone with ties to this extraordinary "up north" town, as well as history buffs who enjoy an entertaining and accurate account of these rambunctious and gritty times.



Breastless But Still Breathing:
A Breast Cancer Survivor's Journey
by Anita DuJardin Hockers
with Kathleen Marie Marsh
Synopsis: Compelling memoir of Green Bay author who was diagnosed with breast cancer in August 2004. The book details Anita's gritty, valiant response to her cancer treatment and recovery. Laugh, cry, and empathize with her as she endures the loss of her hair, fingernails, skin, and nearly every female part of her body, in her valiant fight for survival. This book radiates hope and courage in the face of fearful odds.  




$10.50 (add $3.00 S/H)

Reviews

*****VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED READING!!
Midwest Book Reviews Wisconsin Book Watch     August 2006

Anita's honesty, spunk and no-holds-barred revelations make this book a quick, insighful read. Anita proves breast cancer is not just an issue for women; it's a family issue. A must-read for women and the men who love them.
John Maino
Radio/Television Personality and Author

Breastless But Still Breathing is an amazing testimonial to the fact that having cancer can bring a renewed sense of faith, hope, strength, and stronger bonds with family and friends. Anita's book proves there is a silver lining: something wonderful can come from a horrible experience. As a cancer survivor myself, I cannot thank her enough for saying what I truly believe: we must not look back, only forward, and our mission is to help others truly understand.
Marti Spittell Ziegelbauer
Marti Spittell Ziegelbauer Foundation for Reproductive Health

An endearing story. Readers will connect with Anita on what it's like to live with a breast cancer diagnosis. Her honesty, humor, determination, and zest for life will surely touch your heart. Thank  you for sharing your story and offering hope to those affected with breast cancer.
 Kathy Miller
Ribbon of Hope Foundation

I cannot tell you how much this book meant to me. I HATE that it's a true story, but thank you, Anita, for writing it. I know it will help countless others cope with the beast called breast cancer. You are one HELL of a courageous woman!
 Patti Beske
Cancer Care-Giver
My Mother Kept a Scrapbook:
the True Story of a WWII POW

*****VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED READING!!
Midwest Book Reviews Wisconsin Book Watch June 2005

Captured during the ill-fated Allied offensive in Italy in January 1944, Army Private Gerhard Johnson did not expect to ever see his family again. As a prisoner of the Nazis, he endured 15 months of hell, deprived of the most basic human needs: food, water, shelter, sanitation, and medical care. Determined to come home to the only woman he had ever loved, Gerhard lost over a third his body weight while somehow managing to survive. This is his story. Meanwhile, back home in Central Wisconsin, his mother wrote letters, send Red Cross parcels, and filled a scrapbook in an amazing effort to keep her absent son alive as long as she possibly could. This is her story too. Read and recommended by Ex-POW's worldwide!
 

 
     
  $10.50 (add $3.00 S/H)



The Portly Princess of Thynneland

$14.75 (add $3.00 S/H)

 
            "HIGHLY RECOMMENDED" RATING!!
        -Midwest Book Review Reviewer's Choice


  NOMINEE: PMA BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AWARD
            "Best First Book by a New Author"

Romance, adventure and challenge make this modern-day fairy tale a delightful read. Welcome to Thynneland, a kingdom where only thin people are regarded as happy people and drastic measures are taken to ensure everyone's "happiness."

Meet King Rollo, who in a misguided attempt to win his little daughter's affection, lavishes treats upon Princess Volumina. Queen Reeda watches helplessly as her beautiful daughter grows up "fat" in a thin world. When Volumina is finally declared "grossly obese," the King and Queen have no choice but to send her to Hinterland to reduce.

Go with the Princess on her journey as she loses weight, gains self respect and discovers true happiness. The lessons she learns give her the confidence to change not only herself, but the entire kingdom of Thynneland as well.

 

                         
 Sunrise Sunset

Alzheimer’s Disease, infertility, office politics, complex family relationships, the Milwaukee Brewers, and more come into play in this fast-paced new novel about intimacy, friendship and letting go by Kathleen Marie Marsh and Heather Sprangers. Set in small-town Wisconsin, Sunrise, Sunset brings to light the myriad thoughts and emotions of two women moving through a captivating series of life’s ups and downs.

 

The younger woman struggles with infertility until finally becoming pregnant, only to be harangued by her obsessively thin mother-in-law, accused of an office affair, and plagued by debilitating headaches she mistakenly thinks are common for pregnant women. She reconnects with a former English teacher who is dealing with her own issues: her mother’s growing dementia, a brother gambling away his mother’s funds, and a student’s parent who launches a campaign to have her fired. Their cross-generational friendship flourishes as the two women help one another cope with life’s challenges.

   $9.50 (add $3.00 S/H)