Rena Roberts Shipp, Author of "I Did it Nanna's Way"

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Rena Roberts Shipp P.O. Box 942 Tappahannock, VA 22560 Phone: (804) 443-2614 Rena Roberts Shipp was born in North Carolina. She earned her bachelor's degree from Johnson C. Smith University and her master's in education from Virginia Commonwealth University. During her career, Ms. Shipp was employed as a language arts teacher, a high school counselor, and an elementary school administrator. Now retired, the author enjoys reading, writing, and playing the piano in her spare time.
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About the Book the Interview When Carly was six, her father walked out. When she was ten, her mother left. It is Nanna who steps in and raises Carly and her sister, Lissa. Although Carly is excellent at academics and demonstrates a real willingness to do the right thing, her worldly IQ is found wanting. She is about to enter adolescence and experience all the joy and pain that come with it—peer pressure, class politics, unpredictable relationships, and intense competition. Rena Roberts Shipp draws readers into the world of a thirteen-year-old girl who, with the strong influence of her supportive Nanna, strives to be a good role model for her sister, and a teenager with values and integrity. / Did It Nanna's Way presents a character that readers will be able to relate to, through all of her struggles to have a life filled with meaning and purpose. *Excerpt of Review by Nancy Johnson and Donna Doleman* (Reprinted from the Spring 2008 issue of Chesapeake Style magazine, Editor/Publisher, Janet Abbott Fast) "...This slim volume may not be great teen literature in the fashion of The Diary of Ann Frank, but it accomplishes exactly what it sets out to do in terms of providing the reader with a realistic slice of Carly's life and how she makes steps toward maturity, and that is a rare quality." For more reviews, click here. Or buy from	New Release: The Sequel to "I Did It Nanna's Way" the Interview "Remember that first scary day of high school? Will I be accepted? Did I dress right? Who can I trust? Will I embarrass myself and say something dumb? Walk with Carly as she meets all her new teachers, "bumps" into new friends, but secretly carries all her past baggage with her from a broken family. Will she be found out? What will "the Pinks" think of her? The last chapter will keep you glued to the pages --- as her family converges from many places and times. Nothing you could predict. You will weep with Carly and her sister, Lissa, as they try to piece the puzzle of their parents back together. A great story of love, trust, forgiveness and growing up with a substitute support system with which lots of kids today will identify." ---Charlie Finley, Senior Editor, Verbatim Editing, Richmond, VA Buy this book from
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