See Ann S. Epstein's latest “Learn History Through Fiction” posts about the eras and places in ON THE SHORE, TAZIA AND GEMMA, and her other historical fiction. Read about why slot machines are called one-armed bandits or fruit machines; the U.S. Navy Base in San Diego, site of 1986's Top Gun; the missing midwife in nativity scenes; the historical role of immigrants in the New Year’s Eve ball drop in Times Square; homemade Vino Cotto (literally cooked wine), salami, and stick-and-bone instruments in the old Italian village of Loro Piceno; Boston’s Great Molasses Flood in 1919; how anti-immigrant racism, fueled by the Klan, helped pass Prohibition; the influx of Italian immigrants to the U.S. a century ago; and other lesser known historical facts at Ann S. Epstein Writer on Facebook and Twitter and read more fascinating details on her website BLOG and BEHIND THE STORY feature.
She also met with two book clubs in January whose members had read her novel TAZIA AND GEMMA. If you know of book clubs in the Ann Arbor, Michigan area that would enjoy reading her books and inviting her to talk with them, they can reach her via the CONTACT page on her website. She's also happy to Skype with book clubs located anywhere else.
For a preview, watch the Tazia & Gemma book trailer by Gash Productions below.
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