About
MaryHitchcock Cone is a fiction writer specializing in short stories and mysterynovels. She began her writing career in mid-life while working for SanFrancisco Supervisor William C. Blake and later in the environmental field onstaff with the Trust for Public Land and NatureConservancy. In 1997 Mary joined a Marin County–based writing group inspired byauthor Anne Lamott, whose members meet weekly to share and critique theiroriginal fiction works. Mary was married for fifty-three years to the late RussellCone, a journalist for the San Francisco Examiner, andraised two daughters. She instilled in her children a strong creative spiritfounded on the idea that living a life of meaning is an art — that each choice,each risk, each moment of love and understanding isa colorful brush stroke on a ever evolving self portrait. She has traveled toEurope, across the U.S., andthroughout California.Mary currently resides in Sacramento, California.
Description
<p><span style="color:rgb(15,17,17);font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">What happens when a king loses his prowess? The day Henry IV could finally declare he had vanquished his enemies, he threw it all away with an infamous deed. No English king had executed an archbishop before. And divine judgment was quick to follow. Many thought he was struck with leprosy—God's greatest punishment for sinners. From that point on, Henry's health was cursed and he fought doggedly on as his body continued to betray him—reducing this once great warrior to an invalid. Fortunately for England, his heir was ready and eager to take over. But Henry wasn't willing to relinquish what he had worked so hard to preserve. No one was going to take away his royal prerogative—not even Prince Hal. But Henry didn't count on Hal's dauntless nature, which threatened to tear the royal family apart.</span></p>
Story Behind The Book
Punctuated with irony and laughter that is balanced by poignant images of lives and loves won and lost, this well-paced book of 10 original stories represents the publishing debut for this 88-year-old short story and mystery novel writer, who began her writing career in mid-life.
Reviews
<font style="color:#000000;font-style:italic;" face="Georgia" size="3"><span class="-a">“</span><a>Moose
Mash and Other Stories </a>is a unique collection of 10 contemporary
literary short stories that chronicle with perfect pitch the everyday as
well as the extraordinary events of the world we all live in: ghosts,
sibling rivalry, solitude, difficult love, and war. Author Mary
Hitchcock Cone deftly captures both the passion and the humor that
simmer just below the surface of our modern society." Karen Pierce Gonzalez, Publisher, FolkHeart Press.<br /></font>
