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My Darlings: A Memoir
A memoir of the rollicking life and times of Grace Mather-Smith, the grande dame of Oakland, Florida -- from growing up on the frontier in Denver, to studying voice in the big city of Chicago, to pioneering in the backwoods of Central Florida where she raises her family and shakes up the community. As Eve Bacon put it in her book "Oakland, The Early Years", 'Miss Grace' "hit staid little Oakland" like "a social bombshell."
152 pages, Paperback
Published November 4, 2017
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January 12, 2019
A beautifully done memoir put together in book form by Grace Mather-Smith's grandson. Love flows both ways. Grace and the other females in her family were definitely adventurous and un-daunting. Most of the book is taken completely from Grace's memoir with very few changes from Russell Kelley, editor. The parts Mr. Kelley added enhanced the tale.
This would be a great book for students of women's history, Floridiana, and memoir writing in general.
This would be a great book for students of women's history, Floridiana, and memoir writing in general.
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