Erica Colahan

Author Bio:

Erica Colahan lives in the Philadelphia region with her large family. She relies on copious amounts of coffee and the grace of God to keep up with her busy offspring while working full-time and pursuing her hobbies. When not reading or writing, Erica loves to knit, walk in the woods, kayak on the lake, and listen repeatedly to her children say, “Mom.”

The Oystercatcher of Southwark

Philadelphia, 1897—When Italian Catholic immigrant Mary Paragano runs away to marry a Jewish boy named Jakob, she does not find her happily ever after. Instead, she is disowned by her father, abandoned by her husband, and pursued by a jealous gangster. She ends her life in an asylum, accused of trying…