Author Laura McNeal speaks at the Fallbrook Book Club

FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Book Club met with prize-winning author Laura McNeal of Coronado Jan. 25 to discuss her newest historical novel titled, "The Practice Room." Her sister-in-law Susan McNeal of Fallbrook introduced her to the dozen members attending.

The book is set in the 1930s first in Kansas during the deadly dust storms on the prairie and later in the lush farmlands and fruit farms of Fallbrook. McNeal said the book's title also refers to every house the female characters live in as they try to obtain and keep their own homes and families – and try to find and make their place in th...