Fertile Soil - Smathers, Mary
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In Fertile Soil: Stories of the California Dream, Mary Smathers presents the light and dark sides of contemporary California, the perseverance of its residents and the richness of its culture across a grand sweep of history. Smathers focuses on those who demonstrate tenacious resilience as they tackle adversity, accepting challenges they could more easily shirk. The characters you'll meet in these pages include: an elementary school principal who provides leadership for his impoverished Central Valley neighborhood a teenager whose father locks her out of her own apartment a minimum wage earner…mehr

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In Fertile Soil: Stories of the California Dream, Mary Smathers presents the light and dark sides of contemporary California, the perseverance of its residents and the richness of its culture across a grand sweep of history. Smathers focuses on those who demonstrate tenacious resilience as they tackle adversity, accepting challenges they could more easily shirk. The characters you'll meet in these pages include: an elementary school principal who provides leadership for his impoverished Central Valley neighborhood a teenager whose father locks her out of her own apartment a minimum wage earner with three jobs who battles the shrinking value of her dollar in the Bay Area a suburban working mom forced to add cancer treatments into her busy schedule a homeless man and a finance whiz whose lives intersect on the streets of downtown LA two little boys who confront wildlife danger on the way home from school Smathers concludes with five intertwined stories, drawing a loosely connected line from Mexican era and Gold Rush pioneers to their descendants at the development of Silicon Valley and on to today. The collection portrays the state's innovative, hard-working residents and quintessential landscape, a never ending target for dreamers.
Autorenporträt
Mary writes fiction for both adults and children. Unfamiliar Territory, a story of one woman's journey through Gold Rush California, is her second work of historical fiction. Her debut novel, In This Land of Plenty--a family saga set against the backdrop of California history--was popular with book clubs and earned multiple awards, including the 2021 Fiction Book of the Year from BiblioLab's Indie Author Project (California), and a Readers' Favorite Gold Medal for Western Fiction. She also has published a collection of contemporary short stories, Fertile Soil: Stories of the California Dream, and a bilingual children's picture book series, Tropical Tales. Before dedicating herself to writing, Mary had a fulfilling career in California public education, serving as a teacher, administrator, teacher trainer, grant writer, and educational entrepreneur. She played a key role in founding three education companies and a public charter school. She now divides her time between California's Monterey Peninsula and Costa Rica's Pacific Coast, where she continues the Castro/Brennan family saga and expands the Tropical Tales picture book series. For more information, including how to contact Mary for book club and school presentations, visit marysmathers.com.