Share Julie Dieterich Pappas’ heartfelt memoir and inspire your community.

Connect readers

to local history

Experience the hidden link between Michigan’s untamed wilderness and one woman’s unbreakable spirit — a story that reshapes how you view perseverance.

Keep local stories alive

Every community has tales worth telling, yet too many get lost in the shuffle of mainstream narratives. 

For independent bookstores and historical centers, finding authentic, locally-authored works to engage readers can feel like searching for a hidden gem. 

Without these stories, our collective heritage risks fading into obscurity.

Hardcover book Side Walks by Julie Dieterich Pappas

Experience
a story of survival

Navigating grief, anxiety, or depression can feel isolating, leaving all of us searching for answers in a sea of uncertainty. 

The emotional weight of life’s challenges often pushes us to bury our stories, distancing us from healing and growth. But there’s a way forward.

Side Walks unearths the strength found in generational stories, showing how survival and perseverance are passed down like a sacred thread. 

Readers will uncover lessons that bring clarity to their own path and inspire courage to move forward.

How to sell Side Walks at your store

Step 1: Reach out to
Julie Dieterich Pappas

Contact the author directly to learn about trade discounts.

Step 2:
Order your stock

Let her know the number of copies to add to your bookstore or cultural center.

Step 3:
Inspire your readers

Showcase the memoir and spark meaningful conversations in your community.

A memoir that embraces life’s struggles with courage

Julie Dietrich Pappas’s self-published memoir is crafted with care and authenticity, reflecting the richness of regional storytelling.

By adding this unique title to your shelves, you’ll captivate readers who yearn for deeper connections to their community’s heritage. Each purchase supports your mission to preserve and celebrate local culture.

Historical photo Michigan Farm homestead

“Side Walks is the story of a woman on a personal journey of self-discovery and uncovering family history.

“Along the way, she finds a hidden piece of Northern Michigan’s past—the story of the Burt Lake Band and the Burn-Out—that is only now being told.

“She begins to see how her story is connected to this history. The writing is thoughtful, well-crafted, and makes you think deeply about identity, place, and the importance of remembering what was almost forgotten.”

—Michigan Historian Deborah Richmond

Support regional storytelling

Julie Pappas’s memoir is rooted in Michigan’s landscapes and lives. By stocking this book, you champion 

local authorship and storytelling that preserves the fabric of regional history for generations to come.

Bring history to your shelves

Side Walks connects readers with rich historical narratives, from Michigan’s past to Native American stories, homesteading, and WWII. By adding this title to your collection, you provide a gateway for your customers to explore compelling, authentic tales that spark curiosity and reflection

Foster local connections

Every purchase of this memoir strengthens the connection between your store and the community. 

Readers cherish the opportunity to discover stories that feel personal and close to home, creating loyal patrons who return for more.

Readers love Side Walks

  • “Side Walks is intensely personal but also wide-ranging. It’s a lovely and sensitively crafted story, unique to one woman, but with universal themes of family, identity, trauma, secrecy, faith, forgiveness, perseverance, and redemption.”

    Kim N.

  • “What a delightful journey these Side Walks are; a unique treasure hunt that yields gem after gem along the pathway of beautiful storytelling, well drawn experiences and authentic emotion. Julie’s kind style invites the reader in and then envelops them in a world both familiar and specific. It’s an engrossing read, well crafted. The book asks us to consider why we remember what we remember and dares us to consider what we’ve forgotten. Julie shoes us the spaces in between and powerfully demonstrates where meaning, healing and growth are found.”

    David Alan Brown

    Founder of Convergence, Your Path to Creative Power
    Author of The Self-Help Paradox, Answer the Call and Camp Elsewhere, as well as multiple award-winning plays.

  • “Her tender recounting of her yearning to be seen and known by her Father, and the bittersweet feelings of consolation and confirmation that came when time was running out, brought me so close to home that I might as well have been standing on my parents’ front porch. That’s what a beautiful memoir does. It lets you walk alongside someone else’s life and see your own shadow on the sidewalk.”

    Dawn S.

Julie Dietrich Pappas’ heartfelt memoir interweaves personal struggles with local and family history into a deeply moving narrative.

Sign up to download a free sample chapter and bring her story to life in your store.

In this free sample, you’ll discover

  • The strength of women throughout history 

  • Michigan stories of homesteading and WWII 

  • Mental health, healing, and survival 

  • A Trade discount rate

Bring a story of courage and history to your shelves