A View of the Lake: Living the Dream on Lake Superior

by Beryl Singleton Bissell

These warm, insightful tales reveal the singular joys and challenges of moving from a city to a rural town and will resonate with anyone who dreams of downsizing and picking up to live alongside a lake and its denizens. Each chapter captures the nature of the North Shore and the ways in which everything and everyone is shaped by the Big Lake. Beryl Singleton Bissell, nationally renowned author of The Scent of God, shares her experience of life on Minnesota's North Shore of Lake Superior in this collection of essays that follows her journey to find her place in a small northern town

196 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 20, 2024

About the author

The award-winning author of The Scent of God -- a Book Sense notable in April 2006 -- selected by the Minneapolis Star Tribune as a "Best of 2006 Minnesota Authors." Writes frequently for Lake Superior Magazine, was a columnist with the Cook County News Herald for 10 years, has been published in numerous publications in print and online, and in the anthologies Surviving Ophelia edited by Cheryl Dellasaga and The New Writer's Handbook:a practical anthology of best advice for your craft and careeer, Volume 2. Beryl's second book, A View of the Lake (Lake Superior Port Cities Inc, was published July 1, 2011.

Reviews

[Tina T. · Rating 5 out of 5]

A View of the Lake: Living the Dream on Lake Superior is a quiet, soulful gem. With warmth and gentle wisdom, Beryl Singleton Bissell captures the beauty, solitude, and subtle challenges of trading city life for the rhythms of Lake Superior’s North Shore. Each essay feels like standing at the water’s edge reflective, grounding, and deeply human. A comforting, inspiring read for anyone who dreams of a simpler life shaped by nature and community.