Holly Snow Sillau

LMAO is Holly Snow Sillau's twenty-third book. It's a poetic collection of 131 commonly used internet and texting acronyms. The author has written two six-line poems for each acronym. One contains the acronym itself, and the other has the abbreviation written out. The reader is challenged to decipher the meaning of each acronym prior to reading the second of the two poems. If you use the internet or if you send and receive text messages, you're sure to enjoy LMAO. You may even find yourself saying, "I'm LMAO " By the way, LMAO stands for laughing my *ss off.

Tales from a Broad is Holly Snow Sillau's twenty-first book. It's a collection of short stories based on the author's travels in the Caribbean, South America, Israel, and Europe. There's some sightseeing, adventure, humor, and heartwarming insights into the travel experience. Take a vacation from your daily routine, and join Holly as she describes her international encounters with a wide variety of people.

This is Holly Sillau's twentieth book. It's a fully illustrated collection of 108 original quatrains. Each discusses a common superstition. Some may be familiar to you, and some may enlighten you about how lots of people think this world is run So relax, read, and enjoy, but be careful not to break the book's spine. If you do, you'll be afflicted with back pain every year on the anniversary of the day you took your chances

Crocodile Tears, Holly Snow Sillau's nineteenth book, is a collection of 220 original ten-line poems. Each verse contains a common idiom used in its figurative way and, most cleverly, in its literal way as well. You'll be amused at the author's ability to make you forget your troubles--even if only for a little while.

Hidden Lane is Holly Snow Sillau's eighteenth book. This one's about the folks who live on a street in a retirement community. You'll learn about their fears and their problems and how they seek to come to terms with the obstacles life has put in their path. It's quite a revelation about the variety of burdens present in the human condition.

Geshrai is Holly Sillau's seventeenth book. It's a collection of one hundred original six-line poems. Each contains a Yiddish word or expression whose meaning you can figure out in context. Yiddish is a most articulate language, and some of its words have a sound that English speakers would find comical, so read, enjoy, and laugh the laughs to which you are entitled

This is Holly Snow Sillau's sixteenth book and her first historical novel. In a most clever fashion, she takes us through a young girl's emigration from Eastern Europe in the early years of the twentieth century. The story flashes quite smoothly from the recent past of the midfifties to the earlier time and back again. The chapters are laden with vivid descriptions, beautiful feelings, humor, and wonder. Readers will even pick up some Yiddish as they follow along with Oodl on her journey from being an Orthodox Jewish girl in a tiny Hungarian town to becoming a newly arrived immigrant at Ellis Island and beyond.

Pigments of the Imagination and Other Poetic Malapropisms is Holly Snow Sillau's fifteenth book. Each of the 150 original quatrains in the collection contains a twisted version of a common word or expression. The poems are quite cleverly written, and every verse is accompanied by an appropriate illustration. If you enjoy wordplay, humor, poetry, or even a pleasant distraction from your troubles, Pigments is the book for you.

Foliage, Holly Snow Sillau's fourteenth book, is a collection of 100 original twelve-line poems. Each contains a commonly mispronounced English word. Readers are challenged to choose the correct pronunciations. The verses cover a variety of topics and provide amusement, information, and a clever way to show that after loss, you can still find enjoyment in your life.

Cut It Out, Holly Sillau's thirteenth book, is a collection of 200 original ten-line poems. Each involves a pleonasm (redundant expression) used by English-language speakers. Holly's love of words, her sense of humor, and her heartfelt advice are cleverly displayed throughout her poetry. Since this book was written longhand with Holly's nondominant hand, it's illustrative of her determination and hard work--two qualities that helped her acclimate to great personal loss. There's lots to enjoy and lots to learn from this author's creations, so enjoy and learn