Antioch, CA Author Publishes New Book

The Family Fables, a new book by Linda Locke, has been released by RoseDog Books.

Linda Locke was born in an orphanage and adopted by her father, Orval Locke, a pharmacist. She had several mothers. Locke worked for her father from age six as a soda jerk, clerk and toy manager before she attended college. She wed a bipolar husband, whose suicide left her with two children and no close family. Locke's professional endeavors are expansive, and she has been a singer, choir director, assistant embalmer, EMT ambulance driver, substitute teacher, social worker, founder of the Contra Costa Food Bank, public defender placement officer and social worker in the Delano Grape Strike assigned to Cesar Chavez. Her personal stories begged to be told.

The Family Fables is a 110-page paperback with a retail price of $15.00. The ISBN is 978-1-4349-8698-6. It was published by RoseDog Books of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For more information or to request a review copy, please visit our virtual pressroom at www.rosedog.com/pressroom or our online bookstore at www.rosedogbookstore.com