Hoopi shoopi donna summer biography

          HOOPI SHOOPI DONNA begins as the story of 14 year old Donna Milewski..

          Shea, Suzanne Strempek


          PERSONAL: Born in MA; married; husband's name, Tommy (a columnist for the Springfield Union-News [MA]).

          Education: Graduated from the Portland School of Art (now Maine College of Art).

          Growing up in a small New England town, 14 year-old Donna Milewski had all she needed: a grandmother, Babci, whose fragrant cooking filled their home.

        1. Hoopi Shoopi Donna by Suzanne Strempek Shea - Growing up in a small New England town, 14 year-old Donna Milewski had all she needed: a grandmother, Babci.
        2. HOOPI SHOOPI DONNA begins as the story of 14 year old Donna Milewski.
        3. Born Donna Gaines on New Year's Eve to a large family in Boston, she developed an early interest in music.
        4. Growing up in a small New England town, 14 year-old Donna Milewski had all she needed: a grandmother, Babci, whose fragrant cooking filled their home her.

          5. Hobbies and other interests: Playing the accordion.

          ADDRESSES: Home—P.O. Box 468, Thorndike, MA 01079. [email protected].


          CAREER: Author, 1994—. Formerly staff writer for Springfield Newspapers, Springfield, MA and the Providence Journal-Bulletin, Providence, RI.

          AWARDS, HONORS:New England Booksellers Association chose Hoopi Shoopi Donna for the "Discovery of the Month", June, 1996; Oskar Halecki Prize, Polish American Historical Association, for depiction of the Polish experience in the United States; New England Book Award for Fiction, New England Booksellers Association, 2002, for contribution to New England literature.


          WRITINGS:


          Selling the Lite of Heaven, Pocket Books (New York, NY), 1994.

          Hoopi Shoopi Donna, Pocket Books (New Yo