On an early weekend in late May 1925, Cora Smith and her husband Art are living with their four children on the family farm in Brier Hill, New York and helping to build the summer cottage in Chippewa Bay that will be the center of their lives for decades. But it is the height of prohibition and Art likes to drink a little.
When a newcomer to the area offers him a chance to make extra money “running rum” across the St. Lawrence river from Canada, Art can’t think of a reason to turn it down.
And then his older brother Bert shows up from Minnesota and complicates the whole situation.
Will Art risk his family and their future for his thirst and a little extra money?
Filled with a wide range of characters and an exciting historical adventure, set against the backdrop of the magnificent Thousand Islands region on the St. Lawrence River, The Mallorytown Run explores the ideas of family and love, responsibility and vice and offers a look at a unique community during a stormy period in American history.
Born in Potsdam, New York and now living in the Capital District, Heidi Liscomb has been writing since she was a child. It was not until her own children were grown that she felt she could dedicate enough time to complete her first novel. For Liscomb, a sixth generation summer cottage resident in the Thousand Islands region, the idea to write a series of stories about her home away from home has been brewing for decades. And now the taps are open...
