Bücher von Lori Wolf-Heffner

All Claire and Richard want for Christmas is evergreen love.After working long hours her whole life, Claire is finally enjoying retirement: meeting new friends, discovering new foods, and exploring the world around her. Only one person is missing from her romps: Richard, her husband of fifty years.Richard is long past retirement age-but why should he stop working? He loves mentoring new real estate agents, contributing to his community, and helping people-especially the grandchildren of his earliest clients-find the perfect home. He and Claire have lived like this their entire marriage. Why mess with a masterpiece?Claire wants to explore, to take risks, to enjoy these free years of her life. Richard wants to freeze their perfect lives right where they are.But if Claire and Richard can't figure out how to wrap up their love into one magical Christmas gift for themselves, their decades-old marriage will melt.Teas of Joy is an uplifting, later-in-life holiday romance. If you enjoy timeless stories about soulmates, lifelong love, and tea shops, then cozy up with your favourite hot drink and the third book in Lori Wolf-Heffner's sweet romance series, Love on Belmont.

Fourteen-year-old Juliana tries to make herself heard after a big move leaves her feeling ignored.Juliana's parents didn't ask her opinion about moving half-way across the second largest country in the world. They didn't ask if she minded interrupting her last year of junior high or first year of dance apprenticeship training. And they certainly didn't ask if she wanted to be separated from her best friend of ten years.Instead, Juliana spends a week trapped with her parents in an SUV as they repeatedly tell her why she has to begin a new life in a new city. When they arrive at her grandfather's home, she tries her best to be polite to everyone, but it's all too much.Overwhelmed by the size of her mother's family, Juliana escapes to the musty basement of her grandfather's home. There, she discovers an old sketchbook of unknown people, struggles, and celebrations, all drawn by an artist about her age. Who is this person? What do these drawings mean?And why does the artist feel familiar to Juliana?The Move is the first book in Lori Wolf-Heffner's uplifting YA series, Between Worlds, which follows two teenaged girls growing up a century apart.This book is a large print edition. The body font is 19pt, flush left, line spacing about 1.3. Italics have not been converted to underline.

Will tea bags come between Claire and Richard? It''s 1987 and Claire''s Tea Shop is losing business to herbal teas that promise health benefits, the doughnut shop that serves smokers, and Claire''s ultimate nemesis: tea bags that offer convenience. So intently focused on saving her business, Claire''s romantic feelings for Richard, her husband of almost 20 years, have all but evaporated. Seeing his wife struggle leaves Richard''s heart steeped in sadness. She refuses his every offer of help but it''s almost Halloween and Claire must turn things around by Christmas or risk closing her store forever. Richard takes one last courageous stand: He suggests Claire sell tea bags. Trick or Tea is the second short story prequel to Lori Wolf-Heffner''s Tea Shop for Two, the first book in her sweet romance series, Love on Belmont. If you love books and tea, soak up the flavours of this fun romance while you enjoy your favourite cuppa.

Can a move thousands of a kilometres away be a blessing in disguise?Juliana is trapped between Opa and Mom: Opa doesn't understand why his daughter ever left home, and Mom is doing everything possible to not spend time with her father. Juliana has had enough! But with her parents always working and her best friend thousands of kilometres away, Juliana wonders who she can rely on for help. To soothe her feelings of despair, she turns to her great-grandmother's sketchbook...Tata was Elisabeth's one and true confidante, and she feels his absence everywhere. When schoolboys torment her sister because their father has gone overseas, and Elisabeth's confirmation happens without him there, Elisabeth fears that the Tata's absence will suffocate her. But with Mammi locking herself away in the workshop, Elisabeth is left to seek help from the very people Mammi despises: Tata's family.As both girls begin forging new bonds with family they've become closer to only after those life-changing moves so many months ago, they ask themselves: can something positive come out of something that at first seemed so devastating?Missing Home is the sixth book in Lori Wolf-Heffner's contemporary/historical series, Between Worlds. For those who love history, the arts, and family ties, pick up a copy of Missing Home and enjoy a story that crosses generations.Format updated December 2023. This book is a large print edition. The body font is 19pt, flush left, line spacing about 1.3. Italics have not been converted to underline. Interior is black print on white paper.

Can a move half way across the country be a blessing in disguise?Juliana is trapped between Opa and Mom: Opa doesn''t understand why his daughter ever left home, and Mom is doing everything possible to not spend time with her father. Juliana has had enough! But with her parents always working and her best friend half way across the country, Juliana wonders who she can rely on for help. To soothe her feelings of despair, she turns to her great-grandmother''s sketchbook.Elisabeth feels Tata''s absence everywhere, especially at this important time in her life, her confirmation, when she becomes an adult in their church. But when schoolboys torment her younger sister because Tata has left their community, and Mammi mysteriously locks herself away in the shoemaking workshop, Elisabeth has no choice but to seek help from the very people Mammi despises: Tata''s family.As both girls begin forging new bonds with family they''ve become closer to only after those life-changing moves so many months ago, they ask themselves: can something positive come out of something that at first seemed so devastating?Missing Home is the sixth book in Lori Wolf-Heffner''s contemporary/historical series, Between Worlds. For those who love history, the arts, and family ties, pick up a copy of Missing Home and enjoy a story that crosses generations.

A century-old diary could change everything for Juliana.Mom and Dad have dragged 14-year-old Juliana across the country so they can care for an ailing grandfather. Cut off from her friends and overwhelmed by the sea of family members she hardly knows, Juliana escapes one night to her grandfather''s basement. There, hidden among old books and boxes, she discovers a glimmer of hope: a diary full of sketches from a teenager who lived long ago.Deep down, Juliana knows that the stories contained in the drawings can help her get through this move. But the only person who knows these stories is her grandfather, and Alzheimer''s is locking away his memories with each passing day.This volume contains the first three books in Lori Wolf-Heffner''s contemporary/historical series, Between Worlds: The Move, The Distance, and The First Step. If you like Louisa May Alcott or Judy Blume, you''ll love a series about two teen girls who search for the courage they need to face their new worlds.Buy Between Worlds 1-3 today and begin a journey that spans generations.

Something buried isn't lost. It's just waiting to become someone's treasure.Juliana wants to find the perfect present for Mom's birthday to show how much she cares. When Mom wishes she still had a long-lost photo from her childhood, Juliana's found the ideal gift. She enlists her cousin Sophie to help her search all over her new-and therefore still unfamiliar-house. But when the mission turns impossible, Juliana turns to her great-grandmother's sketchbook to find hope...Planting season has begun, but with Tata in America, Mammi toiling non-stop in the shoemaking workshop, and Elisabeth preparing for her confirmation, Elisabeth doesn't know how they will manage all the fieldwork. Thankfully, cousin Georg is willing to lend a hand, if only Mammi would accept the offer from a man she despises. Elisabeth must search for a way to convince Mammi to accept Georg's help or her family risks not planting enough food for their survival. As Juliana hunts for a meaningful photo out of Mom's past, and Elisabeth seeks acceptance between Mammi and Georg, finding what is buried seems impossible. But both girls discover that buried may not mean gone forever.Hide and Seek is the fifth book in Lori Wolf-Heffner's contemporary/historical series, Between Worlds. Specially included in this installment, Guillaume Côté of the National Ballet of Canada gives some advice to young dancers. For those who love history, the arts, and family ties, pick up a copy of Hide and Seek and enjoy a story that spans generations.Format updated December 2023. This book is a large print edition. The body font is 19pt, flush left, line spacing about 1.3. Italics have not been converted to underline. Interior is black print on white paper.

In the face of tragedy, who are you really?When tragedy strikes Rachel's family, Juliana knows she needs to be by her best friend's side. She begs her parents to let her fly back home, but they say no, leaving Juliana to try to help Rachel from thousands of kilometres away. Juliana soon realizes that this tragedy could threaten their friendship forever--until a drawing in great-grandmother Elisabeth's journal helps her discover an inner strength that could propel her through one of the most trying times of her life.The war has left Georg, Elisabeth's older cousin, with nightmares and fits. Everyone ridicules him. When customers threaten to stop taking their shoes to Mammi if anyone in her family helps Georg, and Mammi reveals why she despises Georg so much, Elisabeth has to choose: Does she obey her mother and stay away from her cousin? Or does she try to help a former soldier whose mind is succumbing to memories of that horrific war?In Between Worlds 4: What Friends Do, tragedies push Juliana and Elisabeth to dig deeper than they ever have, showing the world just how strong they really are.

2 teens | 2 continents | 2 centuries | 1 familyJuliana and Rachel have struggled to keep their friendship alive at long distance, but then they suffer the hardest blow yet: Rachel’s mom is killed by a drunk driver. Juliana isn’t allowed to fly home, and phone calls aren’t enough to console her best friend. Moreover, dozens of friends on social media are offering to help Rachel, exactly what Juliana yearns to do. Juliana wonders whether their friendship can survive this tragedy.The war has left Georg Schuhmacher, Elisabeth’s cousin, with nightmares and hallucinations, and no one wants to help him end the torment. Even worse, Mammi forbids Elisabeth from spending any time with him. Stefan, a recently returned prisoner of war and Georg’s sole friend, asks her to still try. But when customers threaten to stop taking their shoes to Mammi, and Mammi reveals why she despises Georg so much, Elisabeth can’t decide whether to obey her mother or try to help a former soldier whose mind is succumbing to the memories of that horrific war.

How can family rifts be healed when problems from the past keeps pulling them apart? Moving to Kitchener hasn't been an easy transition for Juliana. So, when Juliana's first dance practice at her new studio goes horribly wrong and her dad dismisses her feelings, Juliana snaps, unleashing years of resentment over his job as a truck driver. With no one to talk to, Juliana turns to the only thing that has given her comfort in Kitchener: her great-grandmother's sketchbook. Elisabeth needs her father now more than ever: a wedding on his side of the family means she must spend time with his hateful family members without him there to protect her. But his cousin Georg is different. Not haughty like the others, he suffers from frightening nightmares from the war. Everyone fears Georg, but the more Elisabeth gets to know him, the more she believes Georg's fits are not what others claim them to be. As Juliana and Elisabeth struggle with the conflicts in their families, they come closer to understanding the long-held pain that caused them. With a little empathy and understanding, could both girls find a way to close the distance between them and their family members before their pain becomes a permanent scar on their relationships? The Distance¿is the second book in Lori Wolf-Heffner's contemporary/historical series,¿Between Worlds. If you love history, the arts, and family ties, pick up a copy of The Distance and enjoy a story that spans generations.

Playing by the books doesn't always work.It's exam time at Juliana's new school, but with entirely new material to learn and not much time to study it, she worries she won't b able to get the marks she's used to. To make matters worse, Opa's odd behaviour is frightening her: What's his normal and what's his Alzheimer's? Juliana knows she should tell her parents, but they're both consumed by their new jobs and seem to have no time for her. Juliana escapes to Elisabeth's century-old drawings to find solace.Elisabeth wishes she could ask her father for advice: all three siblings are home this week and crotchety Omama has invited herself over to stay. When Elisabeth's brother won't obey her, Omama insists that hitting him is the only way to enforce obedience. But Elisabeth believes there has to be another way, if only she can figure it out.In Between Worlds 3: The First Step, Juliana and Elisabeth learn to stand up for themselves and show the adults in their lives that they matter, too.The interior of this book is printed in 19-point, bold, sans serif font and follows the guidelines of the American Council of the Blind.

2 teens | 2 continents | 2 centuries | 1 familyA new darkness looms over Juliana: her first day at a new high school, and exams three weeks later. She believes she can keep her 90 percent average if she sticks to her strict study plans exactly. Opa’s odd behavior, though, throws doubt on that. With Dad back on the road and Mom pulling uber-long hours at the grocery store, Juliana doesn’t know who to turn to for help.Elisabeth has finally settled into her new role in the household. She even thinks she’s found free time to read again! But then things go haywire: Luki and Anna are home all week because school is cancelled, and crotchety Omama suddenly shows up to stay. When Elisabeth’s siblings act out, Omama insists Elisabeth beat them, which goes against everything Elisabeth believes. Not able to ask Tata for advice, Elisabeth searches for someone else to help her.

Empathy is harder than it looks.After forgetting her tap shoes at her first class in a new dance studio, Juliana worries she's missed her only chance at making friends. Distraught, she tells her dad how she's feeling. When he ignorantly dismisses her concern as always, the years of absence his truck driving has caused come crashing down on them, threatening to destroy any desire Juliana has of forgiving her father.Expecting to find solace in Opa, Juliana is shocked when her grandfather takes Dad's side: to Opa, Juliana's dad is worlds better than Georg, a cousin long passed, who couldn't support his family. But Juliana soon suspects that Opa doesn't know everything.A year has passed since the war ended, and Georg is still a shell of a human being. He says very little and succumbs to inexplicable fits. Everyone ridicules him, and even Elisabeth is frightened of him. But when she has to help with wedding preparations for one of Georg's sisters, Elisabeth begins to believe that there's more to her cousin's fits and visions than others claim. In Between Worlds 2: The Distance, Juliana and Elisabeth find that empathy to understand those they misunderstand the most needs more courage than they believe they have.The interior of this book is printed in 19-point, bold, sans serif font and follows the guidelines of the American Council of the Blind.