New from Tina Lonski: The Bootleg Buggy: Stories of My Polish Family. In her latest collection of short stories, Tina tells about grandpa and the bootlegging buggy, going with grandma to buy live chickens, and her Polish family in Detroit.

The Transplanted Yooper: Mostly True Stories of Michigan's U.P. - 1st place, non-fiction book, Michigan Press Women, 2008 - 3rd place, general book category, National Federation of Press Women, 2008  

Join author Tina Lonski as she takes you on adventures in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula – the U.P. – in her book A Transplanted Yooper: Mostly True Stories of Michigan’s U.P.

You’ll follow A Transplanted Yooper and her family on a memorable ride across the Mackinac Bridge that joins the state’s two peninsulas. Her stories tell of bears in the yard, of ghost towns with abandoned lighthouses, and the unpredictable U.P. weather that includes mountains of snow.

The term Yooper may have started when people from the U.P. began calling themselves a U-P-er. Over time, that became the phonetic “yooper.” Whatever the origin, Yoopers live above the Mackinac Bridge that connects the two peninsulas, and the unlucky folks who live under the bridge, are “trolls.”

Tina is a troll (from under the bridge) and a Detroit native with Yooper roots who today calls both peninsulas home.

A Transplanted Yooper transcends generations as she gives you a nostalgic, and informative, look at life in the U.P. over the years.

The Upper Peninsula of Michigan is home to about 325,000 people, about 3 percent of the state’s population, living in about one-third of the state’s land area. It’s a rugged and wild place where rugged, hardy people live. The stories in A Transplanted Yooper reveal the wonders and magic of the U.P.

Order your copy today and experience the timeless adventures of A Transplanted Yooper.

Have your copy personally signed by the author.  E-mail your order with details on how you would like it signed: grandma.tina@yahoo.com