Fresh California Oranges is a collection of personal commentaries, family recipes, short fiction, short fictions and true life stories.

It moves the reader from the intimacy of an Italian American Family table to the trials ofa Peace Corp volunteer in Korea.

Filled with humor, recipes and surprises, insights and information, it cheers the reader along.

Frances Lief Neer was born in New York in 1915. She is the author of a trilogy on changing eyesight, Dancing in the Dark, Perceiving the Elephant and Breaking Barriers. Frances Neer lives in San Francisco.