A Tree Grows in Trout Creek

1,800 BOOKS SOLD ( 12-20-2012):

1,000 BOOKS SOLD ( 10-22-2008):

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Over 1,000 copies of A Tree Grows in Trout Creek have been shipped since publication on October 15.

The Wishing Years, Coralie Cederna Johnson’s earlier book is also available. Go to ORDER BOOKS above to order your books at a SPECIAL DISCOUNTED PRICE and pay with a charge card through Paypal.

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900 BOOKS SOLD ( 12-20-2007):

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Book Launch Party ( 10-30-2007):

The new book, A Tree Grows in Trout Creek, was only released less than two weeks ago and I have sold 579 copies to date! My Women of Words (WOW) writing group friends held a book celebration party for me this past Sunday afternoon and it was wonderful! Jennifer brought fancy chocolates. Karen baked red velvet cupcakes. Robbie brought fresh apple cider. And Carol, just home from a trip to China, brought me a gorgeous strand of real pearls from Hangzhou! What a memorable event it was!

A Tree Grows in Trout Creek: The Books Have Arrived! ( 10-15-2007):

The new book, A Tree Grows in Trout Creek, (which has been in publication for the past six weeks) is finally in print! And it’s beautiful! Copies are here and ready for shipping. I’m getting them autographed and to the post office as fast as I can. So hang on…yours (if you ordered) will be on its ways shortly. I can’t wait to hear how you like the stories! Sweet memories!!!

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Finally back home again after a wonderful Thanksgiving visit with family and friends in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan!  Of course, Thanksgiving is always a time for celebration in our family and so are the family birthdays that happen just about the same time each year. I was born on Thanksgiving day and my sister Corinne was born three days later and ten years earlier. So this year we traveled from the U.P. to Chicago to celebrate with her. She held a Book Signing Party at her home for me with several guests to share the afternoon of visiting and readings. It turned out to be a great success and super fun day!

IRONWOOD DAILY GLOBE:

Published Sunday, November 18, 2007 4:25:26 PM Central Time

By DIANE MONTZ

Globe Staff Writer

In the title story of her new book, Coralie Cederna Johnson writes:

“Nobody wanted to go to Trout Creek. There was nothing there. Nothing but a lot of trees. Trees, trees and more trees.”

Overlooking the forest for a single tree, Johnson’s Finnish grandfather from Minnesota was bringing a small mountain ash tree to plant at the home of relatives in Trout Creek.

To a 9-year-old girl, this made no sense.

In “A Tree Grows in Trout Creek,” Johnson, of Ypsilanti, tells tales from her Upper Peninsula childhood.

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Last evening’s book signing for A Tree Grows in Trout Creek was so much fun! The audience at our Normal Park Neighborhood monthly meeting was terrific. They enjoyed the brief history notes and then the humorous story called Skunked. They laughed in all the right places. What more could an author ask for! And I’m going to be invited back for a second book reading and signing for the seniors. Can’t wait!

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I have my first book signing this evening for our neighborhood monthly meeting and am really looking forward to it! I’ll read from my new book, A Tree Grows in Trout Creek, and then take questions as time allows. I’m going to read two short excerpts, one of Michigan history and the other strictly for humor. The book is a collection of memoirs about growing up in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and follows my family, friends and me as we make out way through times of laughter, tears and triumph.

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The exciting news is that A Tree Grows in Trout Creek, my new book of memoirs—a collection of stories about growing up in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan—is only one week old, but copies have already gone out to 31 out of 50 U.S. states! The author couldn’t be more excited!

Book orders have been received from and shipped to: Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin, West Virginia.

States yet to be heard from: Alabama, Delaware, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Wyoming.

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The new book, A Tree Grows in Trout Creek, (which has been in publication for the past six weeks) is finally in print! And it’s beautiful! Copies are here and ready for shipping. I’m getting them autographed and to the post office as fast as I can. So hang on…yours (if you ordered) will be on its ways shortly. I can’t wait to hear how you like the stories! Sweet memories!!!

If you haven’t had a chance to order yet, go to ORDER BOOKS on this website and send in your order (credit cards accepted)!

Ancient Ojibwa burial grounds, Northern Lights, and the life of an iron miner’s family are looked at through the eyes of a spirited, sometimes somber girl searching out her wishes and dreams. Poignant and funny, A Tree Grows in Trout Creek celebrates the mystery and miracles of growing up as it follows a small town family through times of laughter, tears, and triumph.

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