Barbara's December, 2011 Interview with
Paul Larson-Mountain Lake PBS Plattsburgh, NY
“The Reindeer Keeper” was chosen as a
Top 12 Holiday Book Pick List on The Spirited Woman!
“The Reindeer Keeper has been honored by being named a Mom’s Choice Awards Gold Recipient in Adult Fiction” ~ August 2011
"The Reindeer Keeper" is featured as Recommended Reading in the Holiday Issue at www.livingbetterat50.com! (Scroll down to Community-Click on Excerpt from "The Reindeer Keeper”)
Barbara's story, "A Brown Boy of Our Own" has been selected for inclusion in the Chicken Soup for the Soul book: Family Caregivers!
To be released on 3/27/12!
“Like” The Reindeer Keeper on Facebook!
Press Release
“The Maggie O'Shea Company Releases "The Reindeer Keeper" - A Heartwarming Christmas Story Available on Amazon!” View the Press Release here: http://www.pr.com/press-release/267440
Abbey senses something special about the little man tending to the reindeer who, along with a century-old farmhouse, a barn full of animals, and fields abounding in woods and pasture, was a gift to Abbey from a stranger. Abbey and her husband, Steve, move in just before the holidays. They've been together since the '60s, eloping when Steve returned from Vietnam. Now with Abbey's cancer in remission, they're looking forward to their boys coming home for Christmas.
Turns out this Christmas proves to be more magical than anticipated as Abbey realizes an understanding never thought possible through the rekindling of a belief rooted in childhood. It's who delivers this gift on Christmas Eve that gives Abbey and Steve the strength to face their greatest challenge.
Barbara at the age when she fell in love
with reading & "writing" books!
Barbara in front of the “chicken coop clubhouse”
Barbara, her cousin, and older brother sitting in the grass just outside her Grandparent's old farmhouse