New Book on Parenting with "Humor So Refreshing, Youll Be Going Back Til the Pages are Falling Out"

Local author/speaker, Lindy Batdorf, has penned a feel-great book on parenting that captivates the heart and smacks the funnybone. Readers are swept along on this exhilarating ride and sense the passion, delight and emotional gut-punches that inspired each true story in Stop and Smell the Asphalt: Laughter and Love along the Highway of Parenthood.

January 7, 2004 -- Critics compare Lindy Batdorfs new book, "Stop and Smell the Asphalt: Laughter and Love along the Highway of Parenthood," to humorists like Erma Bombeck, Dave Barry and Anne Lamott and describe her book as Laugh-out-loud funny and ...hilarious, but not over the top.

COMMENTS:

Lindy Batdorf writes and speaks with humor and an open heart. Shes a born storyteller..."
--Award-winning columnist, Margie Boule

...carries the reader the full gamut of emotions from tears to laughter...This is a must read on anybody's list!
--Dan and Laurie Christopher: KATU television news anchor/reporter

"... not only laugh-out-loud reading, but is excellent therapy...."
--Louis G. Foltz, Ph.D., Professor of Educational Psychology, Warner Pacific College

"Stop and Smell the Asphalt is a rare combination: a fun-to-read book that's also thought-provoking. Lindy wakes us up to treasure those little moments happening all around us, before they're gone in the blur of life."
--John Fornof, Writer/Director of Focus on the Family's Adventures in Odyssey

IN A NUTSHELL:
From pregnancy test through the horrors of early adolescence, Asphalt sports chapter titles finding inspiration in road signs:
Chapter 1) Detour: Its Called Parenthood
Chapter 16) Dump Station: The quest for the perfect babysitter
Chapter 18) Blasting Zone: A nightmare called The Birthday Party
Chapter 23) Campground Ahead: Vacations and carnivores

THE AUTHOR:
Lindy Batdorf is a freelance writer, motivational speaker and publisher of the popular web resource, www.HouseholdSecrets.com. Her experience includes work as an adjunct professor of journalism, writer and producer for television, radio and publications including The Oregonian and Womans World Magazine.

The essence of the book? Some days there simply arent any roses to stop and sniff, says Batdorf, ...but even a lousy day as a parent can hold miracles if we remember to just stop and look for them--that's when the asphalt on this road can smell pretty good."

COMING ATTRACTIONS:
1) Lindy is appearing on the popular morning program, AM NORTHWEST on ABC Television Network affilliate, KATU-Television in Portland Oregon, at 9:00am on January 9th, 2004.
--Later at 6:45 that evening, Lindy will appear on "Uprooted," a "Tonight Show-type" discussion at Bamboo Lifestyles with live music and other surprises at 3321 SE Hawthorne in Portland, Oregon

2) Book reading/signing with gifts and give-aways at the Clipper Ship Coffee Shop in Lincoln City, Sat., January 19th from 1-4:00

3) Note: Chapter 15 of her book is being published in Christian Parenting Today this coming spring.

TO BOOK LINDY AS AN INSPIRATIONAL SPEAKER or BOOK SIGNINGS/READINGS/APPEARANCES CONTACT:
Mary Fuller, Administrative Assistant, office: 503-805-9004
Lindy Batdorf : 503-653-9501
Batdorf & Associates, 10117 SE Sunnyside Rd, Suite F#518, Portland, OR 97015

Stop and Smell the Asphalt: Laughter and Love along the Highway of Parenthood is published by Filbert Publishing, Kandiyohi, MN, USA, (ISBN 0-9710796-4-1) and may be ordered through bookstores, online outlets and directly from Lindys web site: www.lindybatdorf.com

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