In This Land of Plenty - Couverture souple

Smathers, Mary

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 099785572X ISBN 13 : 9780997855722

Editeur : mks publishing, 2020

Synopsis

Award-winning family saga taking the reader on a journey through California's fascinating history described as, "truly a treat for the mind."

How do you know who you are if you don't know where you come from? In This Land of Plenty is an expansive, multi-generational story which explores this question through the bloodline of one California family.

When Nicole discovers through DNA reports that her ancestry is far different from the white, northern European background she thought was hers, she enlists the help of her great grandmother to investigate their roots, despite protests from her father. The search takes Nicole and Great Gram into the attic of their historic San Francisco Victorian where the family's true history unfolds. Slowly the two women unravel the mysteries of their 250-year family tree, from California's native inhabitants and its earliest European colonizers through the generations to the Gold Rush. In This Land of Plenty is a meticulously researched and beautifully written historical fiction family saga that introduces a diverse cast of characters and the complex social issues that populate California's rich history while drawing a direct line to today's residents.

Fans of historical fiction will fall in love with this novel's:
*Thorough research and vivid depictions of historic California
*Emphasis on the importance of family and connecting to one's past
*Strong characters, and many women, who are both relatable and fascinating
*Connections to the native Ohlone people and other tribes who populated the area for thousands of years
*Stories of the Spanish soldiers and priests sent to colonize the area, and the De Anza settlers who walked eighteen hundred miles from Sinaloa to the San Francisco Bay to expand the Spanish population in 18th century Alta California

In This Land of Plenty is perfect for Book Clubs or as a gift for the reader in your life.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Mary Smathers grew up in Los Altos, California and graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in Latin American Studies. She earned a Master's degree in Education and another MA in Educational Administration and Policy Analysis from Stanford University. From 1983 to 2013, she worked in public schools throughout California as a high school teacher, administrator, teacher trainer, grant writer and educational entrepreneur, helping to found three education companies and a public charter school. Since that time, she has focused on writing, reporting for a bilingual, regional Costa Rican newspaper and publishing her first work of fiction, Fertile Soil: Stories of the California Dream, in 2016. In This Land of Plenty, her debut novel, will be released in summer, 2020. She divides her time between California's Central Coast and the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica, where she is at work chronicling the stories of subsequent generations in the Brennan/Castro family tree of In This Land of Plenty and a children's book series featuring tropical and jungle animals.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: mks publishing
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 099785572X
• ISBN 13: 9780997855722
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 454
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