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SALLY COLE-MISCH

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Author, Writer and Environmental Communicator

SALLY COLE-MISCH

SALLY COLE-MISCH SALLY COLE-MISCH SALLY COLE-MISCH

Author, Writer and Environmental Communicator

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Sally Cole-Misch's novel, The Best Part of Us,  immerses readers in a breathtaking natural world, a fresh perspective on loyalty, and an exquisite ode to the essential roles that family, nature and place hold in all of our lives. 

The novel has won several national and international awards, highlighted below.


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Oh Canada!

CBCA Winner!

The Best Part of Us has been chosen best fiction for 2021 by The Canadian Book Club Awards! Special thanks to Canadian book clubs for reading and voting for the novel. If your group would like to invite Sally to discuss the book, please visit the book club page on this website. Thanks, merci and miigwech!

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Readers' Favorite Silver Medal in Literary Fiction

The Best Part of Us received its fifth award, this time from Readers' Favorite International Book Awards, the Silver Medal for Literary Fiction. Books from international, national and independent publishers are considered, and will awarded at a ceremony in conjunction with the Miami International Book Fair in November.

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The Best Part of Us Wins Three NIEA Awards!

The 15th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards honored The Best Part of Us in three categories: Finalist for New Fiction, Finalist for Best Regional Fiction: Midwest, and the coveted Juror's Choice Award, chosen this year by multiple award winner and New York Times best-selling author J. Ryan Stradal. Thanks NIEA!

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The Best Part of Us Awarded Silver Medal for Sarton Award

Story Circle Announces Its Women's Book Award Winners

The Story Circle Network has announced its 2020 winners for its two awards, the Sarton and the Gilda. The Sarton honors May Sarton, who is remembered for her contributions to women's literature as a memoirist, novelist, and poet. The award is given for historical and for contemporary fiction. 


The Best Part of Us was awarded a Silver Medal as a finalist for the Sarton Award for Contemporary Fiction.  


The Story Circle Network is a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to helping women share the stories of their lives through memoir, poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and drama, and to raising public awareness of the importance of women's personal histories. Learn more by clicking on the medallion at right.

award medallion for the Women's Book Awards by Story Circle Network

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Photo Gallery of Images from The Best Part of Us

Lavender in bloom
A common loon family, with chick piggybacking on its mother's back
The birches, pines and ferns of the forests and woods near Lake Huron and the Canadian Shield region
A spring waterfall spilling over rocks of the Canadian Shield
Layers of rock weathered by the flows and streams in eastern Lake Superior
The northern lights or aurora borealis dances across the night sky

Praise...see more on news pages

The Michigan Daily

The Michigan Daily

The Michigan Daily

"...a captivating celebration of nature... her words paint the Earth as our ultimate refuge, a source of strength to draw from and live intimately within... a joyous read to nurture appreciation for our planet."

Kirkus Reviews

The Michigan Daily

The Michigan Daily

"The novel is informed by both Ojibwe and Welsh traditions and shows sensitivity regarding cultural differences. It also honors the natural world with dazzling imagery... A dramatic, rewarding story about a woman reconnecting with family, nature and herself."

Readers' Favorite

The Michigan Daily

Midwest Book Review

"... a lush and lovely homage to the natural places where her protagonist grew up... Readers... won't be able to resist the pull of this remarkable novel... The plot spanning past and present kept me enthralled and engaged throughout my reading of this exceptionally good book. The Best Part of Us is most highly recommended."

Midwest Book Review

Midwest Book Review

Midwest Book Review

"Cole-Misch draws her characters with a fine paintbrush, adding layer upon layer until each character is fully realized and integrating them into a timeframe that spans past and present... The descriptions of the land and water are dazzling..."

Yaitslit Blog

Midwest Book Review

Yaitslit Blog

"...there is also a beautiful story within this book. It has such a rich depth.. and will make you think... in more ways than one it is just quite simply a beautiful book."

Ecofictology

Midwest Book Review

Yaitslit Blog

"The Canadian lake and environment is almost a character in its own right because it affects the actions of almost every other character... and how they define each other..."

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Photo Gallery of Images from The Best Part of Us

Spring wildflowers fill the northern woods
An eagle pair protect their brood in the nest
A view from the ground to the spires of a mature forest of beeches and birch
The rock shoreline and clear water of an inland lake near Lake Huron
A Canadian Shield cliff holding guard over the lake
The Milky Way shoots across the night sky

Resources: Valuable Organizations Acting to Protect Our Natural World

We hope The Best Part of Us by Sally Cole-Misch helps you to consider the unique connections you have with others, with the natural world, and how you can act to protect what you value. Click below to discover local, regional, national and international organizations that are acting in amazing ways to protect the environment and freshwater resources we love.

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