Ficalora, Mary T.
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Mary T. Ficalora
The seeds of Mary T. Ficalora’s new book, Choosing Honor: An American Woman’s Search for God, Family, and Country in an Age of Corruption, were planted with numerous childhood dinner-table discussions on hotly debated social and political topics. She notes: “We were a devout Roman Catholic family and there was much to be concerned about and invariably our family ended discussions on the note that we trusted our Constitution and the honor of our government authorities.”
But, that faith has been broken, from Nixon’s Watergate to Bush’s Iraq, leaving Mary to feel her faith in government and honesty in any level of our society is shattered. This is why she is actively speaking out, making a call to action, and promoting a revelation of things to pay attention to and value.
Mary, 48, spent her childhood of the late 60’s and early 70’s in South America and Italy. The San Jose native describes herself as a “hippie-minded, ex-party girl who is now a soccer mom.” For the last decade she’s been producing and coordinating continuing education courses for psychologists (Professional Psych Seminars), as well as substitute teaching in Los Angeles.
The teacher, event coordinator, and television producer is also an active mom, volunteer, Cub Scout leader, and pre-school administrator, but her biggest challenge has come as an author.
She received a Seattle Emmy nomination in 1986 for producing and directing “The KXLY Video Rock-Off.” She began her career in film and television production. Mary received a producing fellow certificate from the American Film Institute Center for Advanced Film and Television Production. Mary worked for several years at KAET-TV in Phoenix, Arizona and KXLY-TV in Spokane, Washington. She also was the assistant to the producer and post-production coordinator for a Disney program in the late 80’s, Backstage at the Zoo.
Her education includes attending school in Milan, Italy, Montevideo, Uruguay, London, and Stamford, Connecticut. She attended Marymount College and Gonzaga University and graduated from Arizona State.
Mary resides with her mate and three children in Agoura Hills, California. For more information, please consult http://www.availpress.com.
HERE'S WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
Mary T. Ficalora provides a well-informed discussion of world politics and economics, highlighting the social responsibility and power of the individual to effect change by taking ownership of global issues. Choosing Honor serves as a guide to abandoning apathy, reclaiming personal honor, and achieving a messianic consciousness to promote individual and community action through a series of secular absolutes.
- Sam E. Robinson, Bloody Irish Press
I am totally impressed with this book. It could save the world if enough people read it. Most books I only read once, but I'm certain I will read Choosing Honor at least twice, it's that full of good information! It's like a self help book, but it's also like taking a fascinating class about the human condition all in one.
- Amazon Customer
Choosing Honor focuses a fascinating ten-point spiritual lens on corruption—"a departure from what is pure and correct"—in the United States today and shouts: Pay attention! Get involved and take back our country and our honor. Readers may not always agree with Ficalora's application of Kabbalah's Ten Absolutes as a panacea for society's ills, but her message to strive for a higher consciousness and unconditional love, wonderfully underscored by classic rock 'n' roll lyrics, rings true globally.
The US Review of Books
Ficalora’s book is a curious and uninhibited take on modern politics.
Kirkus Discoveries
The author urges close attentiveness and above all gathering the courage to do what's best for the future: "Honor is standing for the good of all in the face of forces that are beyond our control. Honor requires us to stand up in spite of our fear." . . . the overall argument gains tensile strength from excellent outside source material.
ForeWord Clarion's Todd Mercer
A healthy dose of philosophy from a Christian perspective is mixed in, making for a fine treatise on clarity, right makes might, war, politics, and many other topics. Midwest Book Review
ON A CONTINUUM BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL, most of us hover comfortably around the middle, never drifting too far toward either pole. In Choosing Honor, author Mary T. Ficalora takes readers on journeys deep into diametrically opposite worldviews, philosophies she terms "right makes right" and "might makes right".
Seasoned with historical accounts, pop culture references, and uninhibited perspectives, Choosing Honor reveals how both approaches to life are constantly at work--and at war--in our social, economic, and political worlds.
Calling for clarity, forgiveness, and a big dose of moral bravery, Ficalora argues that true honor is standing for the good of all in the face of forces beyond our control, and gathering the courage to do what's best for ourselves, our families, and our collective future. Offering positive, personal, and immediate issues to focus on in your life, Choosing Honor is an urgent call for action.