Joan Mauch, Author
  • Novels
    • REILLY'S DILEMMA
    • LEON'S WALL
    • ESCAPE FROM AMBERGRIS CAYE
    • THE WATERKEEPER'S DAUGHTER
    • UNMASKING MISS JANE
    • HALIFAX
  • Reviews
  • About
  • Joan's Blog
  • News
  • Contact
  • Order Form
  • Photos
  • Helpful Writer Links

Radish magazine features the QC waterkeeper, my novel and me

1/31/2015

0 Comments

 
Picture
  The February issue of Radish magazine contains an article featuring Art Norris, the Quad-Cities waterkeeper,  my novel, "The Waterkeeper's Daughter" and me. Here's the link if you'd like to check it out:  http://radishmagazine.com/stories/display.cgi?prcss=display&id=709232  Following is a brief excerpt:

"Eco-inspiration: Waterkeeper's mission makes for a fascinating novel"
                                                   by Leslie Llipsch 

"When local novelist Joan Mauch first came across the term "waterkeeper" while reading an article in the Moline Dispatch, she was intrigued. The article featured Art Norris, who was identified as the Quad-Cities' waterkeeper.
     "The term puzzled me as I had never heard it before," she recalls. "We had our very own waterkeeper? And what exactly was he doing with our water? To me it sounded a bit odd."
      For someone who spends much of her time thinking about story, Mauch couldn't help but want to learn more, so she started digging. What she uncovered ultimately prompted her latest novel, "The Waterkeeper's Daughter," published last November.
      The term "waterkeeper" refers to an organization affiliated with the Waterkeeper Alliance, an international organization that unites almost 200 independent nonprofits funded by donations and grants. Ultimately, the purpose of the New York-based Water Keeper Alliance is to ensure that a community's right to clean water is upheld."
 
      The rest of the article may be found by clicking on the above link. If you would like to learn more about the Waterkeeper Alliance and you live in the Quad-Cities area, come to the Bettendorf Library, 2950 Learning Campus Drive, Bettendorf on Wednesday, Feb. 11 at 7:00 p.m. Art and Joan will give a joint presentation as part of the library's Read Local program. Art will discuss the Waterkeeper movement and Joan will read from her latest novel, "The Waterkeeper's Daughter."  
   
                                              
We look forward to seeing you!  

Picture
QC Waterkeeper Norris
0 Comments

 An excerpt from THE WATERKEEPERS DAUGHTER

1/3/2015

0 Comments

 
PictureJosiah's Restaurant & Lounge at the Seminole Casino
"Waitressing in the Josiah Restaurant & Lounge wasn’t as easy as Lisa had anticipated. For one thing, she wasn’t used to being on her feet eight hours a day. With only two fifteen minute breaks and thirty minutes for lunch, for the first two weeks her body had been one mass of pain. Although she was beginning to get used to it, most nights she still came home and soaked her feet.
     When he offered her the job, Raoul warned her about gambling. He said the casino was off-limits and that if she violated this rule, she’d be fired. Lisa knew it was for her own good. Working in such close proximity to a casino provided a source of temptation few gamblers could resist. So she’d accepted the job along with the restrictions and had so far kept her end of the bargain.
    
In between working, she tried to absorb as much Seminole history as she could. It enabled her to answer tourists’ endless questions about the tribe. A hand-painted mural depicting Seminole culture covered one entire wall of the restaurant. Lisa enjoyed looking at it during the course of her shift each day. It reminded her of her own tribal connections, something she’d buried during the two decades she and Craig were married. Funny how the past reasserts itself. Her daily trek to the reservation was a constant reminder of who she was and how much she’d lost."

Picture
Mural on the wall inside Josiah's Restaurant & Lounge
0 Comments

    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture


    Picture

    LEON'S WALL was released June 30,2017. UNMASKING MISS JANE is the 2nd edition of THE MANGLED SPOON published in 2014. Her debut novel, HALIFAX, was originally published in  2013. Her fourth and fifth novels,  THE WATERKEEPER'S DAUGHTER and ESCAPE FROM AMBERGRIS CAYE were published in 2014 and 2016.  Excerpts of all five novels may be viewed under the "Home" tab. Check it out!

    Archives

    October 2020
    June 2020
    April 2020
    February 2020
    November 2019
    October 2018
    January 2018
    October 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    January 2017
    November 2016
    August 2016
    November 2015
    June 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.