Janice Abel Online
Sweet Summer
ISBN: 1413723551
127 pages.
A fantasy about Nick Steeler, a Texas high school baseball player whose baseball record has taken a nose dive along with all the rest of his life. All his buddies and his girl know what they're going to do after graduation and he hasn't a clue. His summer adventure takes him on a wild ride back in time and to the bare bones of baseball and an unexpected romance. For adults and youth alike. Sweet Summer is a good read anytime of the year.
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The Little White Christmas Horse
ISBN: 0965573966
A beautiful, energetic tale, that only the Little White Christmas Horse could tell about finding ones way and capturing the magic of Christmas.
From The Wishmore To You, Written by Janice Abel and Ruth Ann Rippel
ISBN: 0965573915
127 pages.
The authors write about their childhood growing up in a small Iowa town during the 40's where their parents owned and operated the Wishmore Cafe. Loaded with pictures.
"Because everyone grows up in a neighborhood even those who grew up in very different circumstances will find themselves naming parallel people from their own experience. The Wishmore is a reminder
that shopkeepers, and farmers, as well as presidents and congressmen have an important story to tell."
Loren N. Horton, Historian
Community Shapers
ISBN: 0965573907
Honoring and celebrating the lives of older women, this book presents 18 profiles of retired women living or having worked in Cedar Falls/Waterloo, Iowa. These stories are of women who claimed their right and ability to shape an identity of their own despite gripping stereotypes of their time and who are now on the frontier of breaking "old women" stereotypes as they create inspiring lives during their retirement years.
The challenge for us all is to identify older women living in our communities who lead vibrant lives and to learn from them as we define our own lives and a sense of community for the 21st century.