Author of eleven non-fiction books on historytravel and contributor to many more several books feature Joanne's photographs. Her short stories are published in both hard copy and e-zine formats. Joanne's latest work is Shaketown, a historical novel set in San Francisco's Victorian underworld the story follows the intertwined lives of an "accidental" Madame who chooses freedom over respectability and a Chinese scholar who defies a city bent on destroying him. This unusual family saga is based on real people and events the experiences of Joanne's Chinese relatives and a real-life Irish girl who became a notorious--and unapologetic--Madame during San Francisco's wide-open golden era. Sex, murder, clever women, true love of every stripe, and an earthquake--that's Shaketown. read more ...
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