Mallory M. O'Connor
Auteur de Florida's American Heritage River : images from the St. Johns region
Œuvres de Mallory M. O'Connor
Local Lives in a Global Pandemic: Stories from North Central Florida (2021) — Directeur de publication — 1 exemplaire
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- Award-winning author Mallory M. O’Connor is a writer, art historian, musician, and professor emerita at Santa Fe College where she taught art history and served as director of the Santa Fe Art Gallery. O’Connor holds master’s degrees in both American history and art history from Ohio University, and has also lived in California, Florida, Mexico and Tennessee. She is the author of two non-fiction art history books, both published by the University Press of Florida. Since retiring from her position at SFC, Mallory has written three novels, the American River Trilogy. Book One, American River: Tributaries, was published in 2017 and recently won First Prize in the Fiction Category from Northern California Publishers and Authors. The book also won the President’s Award for Fiction from the Florida Authors and Publishers Association. Book two of the trilogy, American River: Currents, was published in 2018. Book three, American River: Confluence, is scheduled for a November 2018 release.
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Florida authors Mallory and John O’Connor have retired from their academic careers, but Mallory continues writing books and John continues creating works of art. This beautifully rendered book is both a celebration of culinary and visual art and a memorable memoir of their life and love. Mallory writes in a warmly conversational manner, sharing their experiences with the sustainable food movement, relationships with friends, their mutual love of art and food (they are omnivores!), and their words are illuminated with stunning color photographs of family, nature and dining as well as John’s luminous paintings - of nature and of dishes of the foods they describe. In this congenial atmosphere they share their travels and associated dining moments, pausing to present recipes for special dishes that are unique and well explained. With each visit to various towns, a planned dinner menu is presented, illustrated, and the recipe for the primary course is offered.
Related as a couple devoted to the finer things in life - love, cuisine, ecology and art - this is a stunning book, related with gentle grace and wisdom by Mallory and brought into visual front by John. So much to learn and appreciate and strive to emulate! Very highly recommended.… (plus d'informations)
Related as a couple devoted to the finer things in life - love, cuisine, ecology and art - this is a stunning book, related with gentle grace and wisdom by Mallory and brought into visual front by John. So much to learn and appreciate and strive to emulate! Very highly recommended.… (plus d'informations)
This is the first book in a new trilogy by Mallory O'Connor and I can't wait to read the next two books to learn more about the three families that this first novel introduces us to.
In the mid-1800s, three families emigrate to California near the American River to start new lives. One family was from Ireland, one from Japan and one from Mexico. Even though they start out in the same area of their new country with their dreams for a better life for their families, each family's life goes a different direction and is plagued by different problems as their dreams scatter. As the novel takes us from the mid-1800s to the very beginning of the 1960s, we see the dreams of the family change over time. Only one family still owns a successful ranch and the other two families have followed different dreams but all of those dreams had a price.
This is a wonderful, well-written family saga about three immigrant families who started out with the same dream and by the 1960s their descendants were mostly following changed dreams. I can't wait to see what happens in Book 2 which is due out later this year.… (plus d'informations)
In the mid-1800s, three families emigrate to California near the American River to start new lives. One family was from Ireland, one from Japan and one from Mexico. Even though they start out in the same area of their new country with their dreams for a better life for their families, each family's life goes a different direction and is plagued by different problems as their dreams scatter. As the novel takes us from the mid-1800s to the very beginning of the 1960s, we see the dreams of the family change over time. Only one family still owns a successful ranch and the other two families have followed different dreams but all of those dreams had a price.
This is a wonderful, well-written family saga about three immigrant families who started out with the same dream and by the 1960s their descendants were mostly following changed dreams. I can't wait to see what happens in Book 2 which is due out later this year.… (plus d'informations)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 9
- Membres
- 13
- Popularité
- #774,335
- Évaluation
- 4.6
- Critiques
- 3
- ISBN
- 8
What a special way to pay tribute to a wonderful life filled with adventures and friendships. The bonding over food was very nice.… (plus d'informations)