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Broken Things

A Novella

We're all a little bit broken, aren't we? Young widow Tracie Shaw may be more than most. She spends her days hidden away making beautiful treasures out of other people's trash. When she finds someone's abandoned ashes in a storage bin auction, her life begins to change. When she meets a woman who might have a clue as to where the ashes came from and what they mean, her life turns upside down. In this tale of friendship and loss, magical realism takes a backseat to the everyday magic in BROKEN THINGS.

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  • Who is Lori B. Duff?
  • Who is Lori B. Duff?
  • Who is Lori B. Duff?

Who is Lori B. Duff?

Who is Lori B. Duff?  She is the two-time winner of the Georgia Bar Journal’s annual fiction competition and has won the Foreword Indies Gold Medal for humor. Lori is also an in-demand speaker and educator on a number of topics ranging from humor writing to the First Amendment to the business side of writing.  Among other appearances, she has been on the faculty of the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop and was a keynote speaker for the Principia College Public Affairs Conference in 2022.

She serves as the 2022-2024 President of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists and is a Past President of the Georia Council for Municipal Court Judges.  She is also the author of your new favorite book.  She’s married and has two adult children who will always be her babies.  Her rescue dog, Lincoln, just might be the only creature she can consistently make happy.  In her spare time, she practices law in Loganville, Georgia, and ghostwrites select projects.

  • Mismatched Shoes and Upside Down Pizza
  • Mismatched Shoes and Upside Down Pizza

Mismatched Shoes and Upside Down Pizza

This memoir, filled with hilarious essays covers such diverse subjects as male-female relationships, parenting, grammar, travel, and the general disasters that occur to the good, the bad, and the clumsy. Sometimes, you might even find unexpected wisdom. Here you will discover the law of conservation of head hair (every hair that falls from a man’s scalp reappears on mature woman’s face); what happens when senior citizens hijack a wedding bus; why ziplining in the rain is more fun; what to buy your wife for her birthday; what an introverted mom is to do with an extroverted son; and other musings on life, the universe, and everything. Lori’s writing has been described as having the sensibility of Erma Bombeck, with the hilarity of Dave Barry and keen sense of observation of David Sedaris. Sometimes, even people who aren’t her Mom say these things.

  • Truth Student

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    Everyday experience with a well-honed verbal blade

    Lori Duff cuts into the everyday experience with a well-honed verbal blade. This series of short observations of the seemingly mundane unerringly reveals our common vulnerabilities and aggravations- and defies us not to laugh at ourselves in the process. In the day to day, Duff finds fodder for hope, hubris, humility, and above all, humor.

  • Nancy Morrissey

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    Reminiscent of Erma Bombeck

    Good choice to take to the beach for easy reading- short stories that are fun and entertaining. Reminiscent of Erma Bombeck.

  • Toby P. Michelson

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    Everyone should read this book!

    Couldn’t stop laughing, I so related to almost all of these scenarios. It was like Lori was relaying so many of the same thoughts I have had so many times myself. I think everyone should read this book!

  • Angelique Allen

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    Highly recommend this book!

    Lori is just saying “out loud” what we’ve all been thinking. Charming and funny! Reminiscent of Erma Bombeck. I highly recommend this book!

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    Lori Duff is a popular humor Blogger for the Patch and various Your Local News, Inc. outlets, including the Monroe Local and the Grayson Local. She also writes a more serious column about law stuff for Your Local News. By day, she is the managing law partner of Jones & Duff, LLC and wages war for a living. She prefers making people laugh. Lori is married to her husband of 15 years, Mike, and together they have two children, Jacob and Marin. Mike, Jacob, and Marin are good sports about having embarrassing stuff written about them all the time. Click here for more.

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    Discover the law of conservation of head hair

    This memoir, filled with hilarious essays covers such diverse subjects as male-female relationships, parenting, grammar, travel, and the general disasters that occur to the good, the bad, and the clumsy. Sometimes, you might even find unexpected wisdom. Here you will discover the law of conservation of head hair (every hair that falls from a man’s scalp reappears on mature woman’s face); what happens when senior citizens hijack a wedding bus; why ziplining in the rain is more fun; what to buy your wife for her birthday; what an introverted mom is to do with an extroverted son; and other musings on life, the universe, and everything. Lori’s writing has been described as having the sensibility of Erma Bombeck, with the hilarity of Dave Barry and keen sense of observation of David Sedaris. Sometimes, even people who aren’t her Mom say these things.


Broken Things

A Novella

We're all a little bit broken, aren't we? Young widow Tracie Shaw may be more than most. She spends her days hidden away making beautiful treasures out of other people's trash. When she finds someone's abandoned ashes in a storage bin auction, her life begins to change. When she meets a woman who might have a clue as to where the ashes came from and what they mean, her life turns upside down. In this tale of friendship and loss, magical realism takes a backseat to the everyday magic in BROKEN THINGS.
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