Come see me in Washington Depot
Award-winning columnist Tracey O’Shaughnessy will speak about her first book, “Every Little Thing: Reflections on Family, Faith and Friendship,” a collection of her best newspaper columns, on Sunday, Dec. 6 at 2 p.m. at the The Hickory Stick Bookshop 2 Green Hill Road Po Box 394 Washington Depot, CT 06794
The book, which has won praise for its ability to spark laughter and tears in its readers, is available on Amazon and bn.com, Barnes and Noble, Waterbury, the Hickory Stick Bookshop in Washington and www.traceyosh.com.
It is published by Gold Mountain Press for $18.95.
As Charles A. Monagan, Waterbury resident and editor of Connecticut magazine has said, “I am one of the lucky ones who get to read Tracey O’Shaughnessy’s essays every week in my local Sunday paper. Her writing is colorful and intelligent, and her thoughts on home and faith are amusing, provocative and often moving.”
Her “Sunday Reflections” column—many installments of which appear in “Every Little Thing”—was singled out for the prestigious Wilbur Award by the Religion Communicators Council in both 2001 and 2003; and earned awards in 2005 and 2006 for Best Opinion Writing on Religion Award from the American Academy of Religion. She has won a Clarion Award for her writing on women, and her work has also won numerous top honors from the New England Associated Press News Executives. Most recently, she received the 2008 Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Award.
A native of Lexington, Massachusetts, O’Shaughnessy is a graduate of Wesleyan and American universities. She has also studied both writing and theology at Georgetown University. Her freelance work has appeared in Connecticut Magazine, the Washington Post and Wesleyan Magazine. The Society of Professional Journalists has called O’Shaughnessy’s essays “journalistic literary pieces. Every piece, long or short, is a thought provoking essay on life.
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