Book Signing:

Concert:
The Shamrock and The Feather: Allen, Texas
February 7, 2004

In the following excerpt, Geneva and Victoria have finished dinner and are clearing away the dishes:
An unusual clay pot sitting on top of the china hutch has caught Victoria's attention, and she questions Geneva about its history. Aside from finding it in the attic of her family home in Maine, Geneva provides her friend with very little information. Victoria, however, remains intrigued and asks if she can bring it to the table.
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What the Readers Say…

"What an unbelievable, yet very believable, fantastic tale! I haven't read anything like it since Bradley's, The Forest House. Such vivid descriptions of the Southwest and Ireland, truly refreshing characters, a suspenseful moving plot, and downright honest storytelling! And the music: beautiful, tragic, spellbinding. What a completely new approach to enhance the reading experience. I can't wait to read Dori's next novel!"
Patricia Humbolt
Salt Lake City, UT

"Excellently researched. I am amazed at how the story spans the globe, complete with so many details about each place the heroine visits that I felt I was there, and yet the plot holds together as a coherent story. Very entertaining."
Bonnie Holsinger,
Summertown, TN USA

"I felt like I was slipping back in time, myself, and reliving part of an ancient Druid past life. It was a delicious experience. And beautifully written."
Pamela Evans, Author of Dead As I'll Ever Be

"Geneva Becker is a modern hero(ine), a real woman with a rich emotional family history, a job that requires a 4-wheel drive vehicle that sometimes pulls over for tasteless convenience
food late at night alongside a highway, a delightful and healthy friendship with her friend
Victoria, and a very realistic combination of hope and fear and cynicism about finding love.
I loved the trips back in time to medieval festivals and ceremonies, the intricate weaving of ancient and contemporary threads of culture, thought, tradition, art, metaphysics, love, self-knowledge, selfishness, morality, mortality, the layers of a story within a story within a story.
It's the kind of story that you just don't want to end.
Jeanette Alt
Toronto, Ontario, Canada


"The Shamrock and the Feather is a great read. Through her protagonist, Dalton masterfully weaves Celtic ancestors' memories and legacies with the land and legends of the Native Americans. The resulting tapestry is a well-crafted tale reflecting the experiences, meditations, and quests of modern Americans who may or may not realize the power of the past
upon the present. It is a carefully researched novel that will motivate and empower the reader to look a little deeper into his or her own life."
Rickey E. Pittman
Author of Red River Fever.

After reading The Shamrock and The Feather I had an overwhelming desire to meet the author in person! Aside from our Irish genes, it became apparent to me that we share a love of ancient history, art, photography, literature, and romance. I enjoyed my mental journey out west and to Ireland simply by "traveling" the words of Dori Dalton. How nice to know that I can "revisit"
again whenever I choose by merely listening to the exceptional music of Bert Dalton that accompanies the novel.
Linda Azze
Trumbull, CT