Dearest Ones At Home: Clara Taylors Letters from Russia, 1917-1919
By (Author) Katrina Maloney
Edited by Patricia Maloney
She Writes Press
She Writes Press
4th December 2014
United States
General
Non Fiction
B
Paperback
272
Dearest Ones at Home is unusual in its content: first-person (primary source) historical documents from a turbulent time in Russiasand the worldshistory.
The 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi have brought Russias past and present into the spotlight in the US and around the world.
Recent TV and film productions set during WWI, especially Downton Abbey, have sparked renewed interest in that time period within the US.
Katrina Maloney, a former college professor of natural sciences, was born and raised in suburban Connecticut, but now lives and writes in southern New Hampshire, where she and her husband raise chickens and keep cats and retired horses and greyhounds on their small farm. When not mucking out the barn or writing, Katrina plays classical violin and ukulele. Patricia M. Maloney grew up in Nebraska but went east to attend college. She and her husband raised their three children in Connecticut. After her career as a Director of Christian Education, she retired, and she now enjoys boating and swimming at her lake cottage and traveling abroad. She is actively involved in her church, plays the organ and piano, and sings in local chorales.