{"product_id":"string-held-kites","title":"String-Held Kites","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; mso-hyphenate: auto;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLorraine Jeffery\u003c\/strong\u003e delights in her closeup view of the Utah mountains after living and working in Texas, New Mexico, Ohio, Georgia, and Oregon. She worked as a public library director for over twenty years, but before she got her master’s degree in Library Science, she and her husband raised ten children (eight adopted) and three foster children. She states that the children were more of an education than any university degree. After retirement, she and her husband have visited Great Britain, Ireland, Japan, Thailand, Austria, Canada, Switzerland, and most of the states in the US.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; mso-hyphenate: auto;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;\"\u003eShe’s won poetry prizes in state and national contests and published over a hundred poems in journals and anthologies, including \u003ci\u003eClockhouse, Kindred, Ibbetson Street, Rockhurst Review, Orchard Street Press, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/kelsaybooks.com\/collections\/the-orchards-poetry-journal\/products\/the-orchards-poetry-journal-winter-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eThe Orchards Poetry Journal\u003c\/a\u003e, Bacopa Press, Two Hawks, Riverfeet,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNaugatuck River Review. \u003c\/i\u003eHer stories and essays appear in many publications, including P\u003ci\u003eersimmon Tree, Focus on the Family, Elsewhere, \u003c\/i\u003eand in Utah anthologies.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; mso-hyphenate: auto;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;\"\u003eHer first book is \u003ci\u003eWhen the Universe Brings Us Back\u003c\/i\u003e (2022). Her poetry collections with Kelsay Books are \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/kelsaybooks.com\/products\/tethers?_pos=1\u0026amp;_sid=8e33e1664\u0026amp;_ss=r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eTethers\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/a\u003e(2023) and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/kelsaybooks.com\/products\/saltwater-soul?_pos=2\u0026amp;_sid=8e33e1664\u0026amp;_ss=r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eSaltwater Soul\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (2024).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback: 100 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (June 6, 2026)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53588438909112,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/0800\/0329\/files\/jeffery_front_2a01b3fa-5ba5-4a8a-b7cb-5118f3baf371.jpg?v=1781391258","url":"https:\/\/kelsaybooks.com\/products\/string-held-kites","provider":"Kelsay Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}