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Perfect for Father's Day:
A webinar featuring Joe Di Prisco, author of
The Good Family Fitzgerald
in conversation with Regan McMahon
Buy the book online or in store, phone 925-254-7606, or
After purchase, you'll receive a link to the webinar.
The Fitzgeralds are buttressed by wealth and privilege, but they are also buffeted by crisis after crisis, many of their own creation. Even so, they live large, in love and in strife, wielding power, combating adversaries and each other. The Good Family Fitzgerald is a saga of money and ambition, crime and the Catholic Church, a sprawling, passionate story shaped against a background of social discord.
Joseph Di Prisco was born in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, where once upon a time the Brooklyn Dodgers ruled the known world. Shortly after he was whisked away at ten years old on the subway to California (long story; see his memoirs), however, he saw the light and became a San Francisco Giants fan. He has published five novels (Confessions of Brother Eli, Sun City, All for Now, The Alzhammer, and Sibella & Sibella), three books of poetry (Wit’s End, Poems in Which, and Sightlines from the Cheap Seats), two books on childhood and adolescence co-written with psychologist and educator Michael Riera (Field Guide to the American Teenager and Right from Wrong), and two memoirs (Subway to California and The Pope of Brooklyn). He is also Series Editor of the annual anthology of the Simpson Literary Project: Simpsonistas: Tales from the Simpson Literary Project. His book reviews, essays, and poems have appeared in numerous journals and newspapers, and his poetry has been awarded prizes from Poetry Northwest, Bear Star Press, and Bread Loaf.
Regan McMahon is a writer, editor, book critic. She is the books editor at Common Sense Media, the copy editor of the literary journal Zyzzyva, and former deputy book editor at the San Francisco Chronicle, and a freelance book editor. In fact, she edited Joe Di Prisco's The Good Family Fitzgerald. Her nonfiction book about the over-the-top youth sports culture, Revolution in the Bleachers (Gotham/Penguin), was named a San Francisco Chronicle Notable Book in 2007.
The Del Rey Community Coalition is a new, parent-led committee aimed at promoting and celebrating our community's diverse and inclusive culture. Together with the Parents Clubs at each of Orinda’s elementary schools, they have launched a monthly book club aimed at sharing diverse stories, across varied themes, that students can enjoy.
Parents and teachers from the Acalanes Union High School District have launched a new effort to build awareness and understanding of issues related to race and inclusion. Orinda Books is pleased to partner with the schools on this project and will donate a portion of the proceeds from the sales of each month’s selection to a non-profit group addressing issues of race, diversity, and inclusion.