Böcker av Lori Vekre

LIVING IN THE SHADOW OF THE WALLHeba Zagout, a Palestinian artist, teacher and mother, lost her life along with two of her children on October 13, 2023. Heba was a joyful colorful artist, who although never allowed to leave Gaza, was well-known in the international art community.

The novel, Earth People, is an adventurous story of worldwide wayfarers. Based on a true story, Earth People is a compact, fleeting sequel to Yonderbound, Holler Haven, and Legends of Our Soul. [67 pages] Other editions of Earth People include the illustrated black and white edition ISBN: 979-8862028324, and the illustrated color edition ISBN: 979-8861834421. These two editions include the prequel novel (listed as a Bonus Book Club selection).

Raw and real: teaching in a divided America. ALINEAR includes a Bonus Book Club selection.

First, three years of teaching in a divided America. Next, 2020. Lastly, an escape to a fantasy world.

There is a Native American proverb, "A nation is not conquered until the hearts of its women are on the ground." In North America the trend of taking children from mothers and thus, imprisoning a mother's heart, has run rampant for many years. "This Is Now That Was Then" metaphorically describes scavenging-for-sustenance children and their right to be with their mother-no matter how imprisoned-by-life-events she may be in her quest to survive.