The Bootlegger's Daughter

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In San Francisco in the post-1906-earthquake era young Ann White-a daughter of Irish immigrants-does what it takes to survive...</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Amid a backdrop of poverty politics and Prohibition her father turns to bootlegging and Ann becomes his unlikely accomplice transporting whiskey through the streets of San Francisco in a doll-covered wagon alongside her spirited fun-loving sister Bette.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>As the decades unfold-from the Spanish Flu and Prohibition to the Great Depression and World War II-Ann endures hardship after hardship. She makes her way through the gritty underbelly of a city in flux complete with brushes with violence and a family strained by addiction ambition and misfortune. </span></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Will Ann manage to overcome the difficulties and live a life worth living? </strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Written by Joseph Andrew Cerny a San Francisco native and retired family physician the book draws on stories passed down by his grandmother Ann White-the real-life inspiration for this historical fiction novel. A descendant of multiple bootleggers Cerny combines deep historical research with personal family history for this novel.</span></p><p></p>