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Book Review: Rambling on Borrowed Time is what you expect from a Brilliant Teacher who has Spent Several Years Inspiring People.

A good book is like a diamond mine that never runs out. It is priceless. Successful authors have mastered the art of carrying their readers along. This art is endearing. It leaves the reader yearning for more.   In David Ellison’s book, “Rambling on Borrowed Time”, I found happiness. It was hard to drop. We learn new tricks every single day. The book is what you expect from a brilliant teacher who has spent several years inspiring people.   During his thirty-six-year career, David Ellison was a teacher, mentor teacher, school administrator, education columnist and community activist. He worked in schools foreign and domestic, public and private, grades four through college.   His treks through five continents included volunteering in far-flung villages, and surviving harrowing adventures. He served as the New Haven Unified and the American Council of School Administrators Region VI Teacher of the Year in 1996. Now retired, Ellison reads, writes, hikes, kayaks,...

Lis Anna-Langston, author of "Tupelo Honey", has won in the New Fiction Category for the 2020 Independent Press Award.

TUPELO HONEY  is the  WINNER of NINE BOOK AWARDS  including: A 2020 Independent Press Award WINNER for New Fiction! 'Gritty, superbly written and packed full of unforgettable characters. A FINALIST and highly recommended.'  ~ The Wishing Shelf Book Awards  A loveable, engaging, original voice, Tupelo brightens this accomplished tale of dysfunction in a family where “nothing had ever been right.” ~ Publishers Weekly ~ From the delicious title, (the spunky 11-year-old narrator was named after Elvis' birthplace) to every unconventional character and careful detail, Tupelo Honey is a delight. Set in rural Mississippi, with a cast of colorful southerners, it stars one dysfunctional family at the center of which is Tupelo Honey. Author Lis Anna-Langston gets into the head of her title girl completely, taking readers on a ride of a sort of haunted but beautiful mess. To paraphrase Tolstoy, it is the unhappy families that are unique -- and by definition, often mor...