The Shattered Curling Stone - David S. Florig

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Set in late-1800's Scotland, The Shattered Curling Stone tells the story of young Ailsa Maclaren, who takes to the ice to learn to curl under the tutelage of her father. Unfortunately, women and girls weren't supposed to curl in Victorian Scotland. It was something that men did. A sport that men played. The manly Scottish exercise, they called it. Nevertheless, she persisted, despite the loud and oft-repeated objections of the mouthy John Carswell, who wasn't keen on women curling. The Shattered Curling Stone is a work of historical fiction. Some of the places and characters are, or were, real. Others are products of the author's imagination. The story follows Ailsa from twelve-year-old beginner, to the first (fictional) women's bonspiel, to the Scottish Ladies Championship, to the World Championship in Canada. Along the way, she meets the charming and very, very handsome Lucas Plotcok. And therein lies the real tale. Woven seamlessly into the story are actual historical accounts of some of the pioneering women who dared to play The Roarin' Game and who overcame obstacles and blazed a trail for others in doing so. The Shattered Curling Stone is David Florig's second novel, following The Stones of Ailsa Craig, which was named Best Historical Fiction of 2023 by Indies Today. It contains a Foreword by two-time Olympic curling Cheryl Bernard, as well as an Afterword which outlines some of the rich, true history of women in curling....

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David Florig is the author of the award-winning novel, The Stones of Ailsa Craig, which was named Best Historical Fiction for 2023 by Indies Today and was a finalist for the American Writing Awards. Florig is a member of the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance, and is a member and former president of the Pine Tree Curling Club in Portland. In 2023, he organized a group of ninety Maine authors as Maine Authors for Lewiston, who held ten book signings around the state to support the victims and families of the tragic events in Lewiston. David practiced law in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Following his legal career, he served as the Executive Director of the West Philadelphia Alliance for Children. WePAC recruited andtrained volunteers to open shuttered elementary school libraries in Philadelphia, and for his work on behalf of Philadelphia's children, he was honored as one of the inaugural GameChangers by KYW Newsradio in celebration of Black History Month. David lives in Maine with his wife, Nancy....