Yvette VanDerBrink not only is an auctioneer but is a published author and has written many short stories about growing up on the farm and being a woman auctioneer. They have been published in many magazines and newspapers including Country Woman, Antique Power, Green Magazine, and more. Yvette has also written a children’s book about talking with kids about cancer called My Mom Looks Like a Turtle. This book has helped many people talk about the difficult subject of cancer and is her own story about when she went through breast cancer. The book is filled with humor and in a child friendly format. Yvette also does radio commercials for the family business Nordstrom’s Auto Recyclers of rural Garretson, SD. She uses her maiden name, Nordstrom, as her pen name “the Lil’ Nordstrom’s Gal" in her writings and radio commercials. Here is a sample of a couple of her stories.
