Meet the author
Saturday, July 16, 11:00
Discussion and signing
Loreen Niewenhuis, who chronicled her trek around Lake Michigan in her book, “A 1,000 Mile Walk on the Beach” will discuss her journey and sign books on Saturday, July 16, 11:00 at LaDeDa Books and Beans, 1624 New York Avenue in Manitowoc.
The book explores both the geology of the lake and the measure of a person – a woman, married, and mother of two sons who joined her on part of the walk. However, most of the walk was done solo – an adventure in discovery of self and place.
The book explores both the geology of the lake and the measure of a person – a woman, married, and mother of two sons who joined her on part of the walk. However, most of the walk was done solo – an adventure in discovery of self and place.
Niewenhuis conveys a sense of the magnitude of the lake she loves, a place so elemental to the states which form its shores.
Day by day, from a ground-level perspective, the book explores the natural and human history of Lake Michigan, and raises important questions about preserving our wild places and protecting fragile ecosystems. .
Loreen Niewenhuis grew up in Michigan and has lived there most of her life. She pursued a life of science, getting a Bachelor, then an MS degree. She worked in various aspects of that world including a hospital laboratory, basic animal research, and a bone marrow transplant group.
While taking a break from this work to raise her young sons, Loreen began writing fiction. This evolved into a passion and she returned to school to get her MFA from Spalding University.
In 2009, her short story collection, Scar Tissue, was a finalist for the Flannery O’Connor Award.
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Loreen is currently working on a novel, Tumor Board, set in the medical world.
Day by day, from a ground-level perspective, the book explores the natural and human history of Lake Michigan, and raises important questions about preserving our wild places and protecting fragile ecosystems. .
Loreen Niewenhuis grew up in Michigan and has lived there most of her life. She pursued a life of science, getting a Bachelor, then an MS degree. She worked in various aspects of that world including a hospital laboratory, basic animal research, and a bone marrow transplant group.
While taking a break from this work to raise her young sons, Loreen began writing fiction. This evolved into a passion and she returned to school to get her MFA from Spalding University.
In 2009, her short story collection, Scar Tissue, was a finalist for the Flannery O’Connor Award.
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Loreen is currently working on a novel, Tumor Board, set in the medical world.
