Today’s guest is Annabelle Tometich, author of the memoir The Mango Tree. The book takes place in Fort Myers, and this interview was recorded live at the Palace Pub and Wine Bar in Cape Coral, earlier this month.
Many of you know Annabelle as the long-time restaurant critic and food writer for the Fort Myers News-Press. She wrote under the pseudonym of Jean LeBoeuf for many years. She is a native and a resident of Fort Myers and a graduate of the University of Florida. Her writing has been published widely and has won many awards, including first place for Features Writing from the Florida Society of News Editors. And now she has written this excellent memoir, The Mango Tree. Read it!
Buy the book!
1 /53
040324mangobookparty003.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
2 /53
040324mangobookparty004.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
3 /53
040324mangobookparty008.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
4 /53
040324mangobookparty013.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
5 /53
040324mangobookparty047.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
6 /53
040324mangobookparty001.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
7 /53
040324mangobookparty002.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
8 /53
040324mangobookparty007.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
9 /53
040324mangobookparty009.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
10 /53
040324mangobookparty011.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
11 /53
040324mangobookparty014.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
12 /53
040324mangobookparty012.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
13 /53
040324mangobookparty015.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
14 /53
040324mangobookparty018.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
15 /53
040324mangobookparty017.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
16 /53
040324mangobookparty010.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
17 /53
040324mangobookparty016.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
18 /53
040324mangobookparty019.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
19 /53
040324mangobookparty020.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
20 /53
040324mangobookparty022.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
21 /53
040324mangobookparty025.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
22 /53
040324mangobookparty028.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
23 /53
040324mangobookparty027.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
24 /53
040324mangobookparty026.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
25 /53
040324mangobookparty032.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
26 /53
040324mangobookparty030.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
27 /53
040324mangobookparty033.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
28 /53
040324mangobookparty031.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
29 /53
040324mangobookparty029.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
30 /53
040324mangobookparty035.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
31 /53
040324mangobookparty036.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
32 /53
040324mangobookparty034.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
33 /53
040324mangobookparty037.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
34 /53
040324mangobookparty038.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
35 /53
040324mangobookparty039.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
36 /53
040324mangobookparty040.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
37 /53
040324mangobookparty042.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
38 /53
040324mangobookparty041.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
39 /53
040324mangobookparty045.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
40 /53
040324mangobookparty043.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
41 /53
040324mangobookparty046.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
42 /53
040324mangobookparty044.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
43 /53
040324mangobookparty048.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
44 /53
040324mangobookparty049.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
45 /53
040324mangobookparty051.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
46 /53
040324mangobookparty050.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
47 /53
040324mangobookparty052.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
48 /53
040324mangobookparty053.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
49 /53
040324mangobookparty055.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
50 /53
040324mangobookparty054.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
51 /53
040324mangobookparty056.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
52 /53
040324mangobookparty057.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
53 /53
040324mangobookparty058.jpg (Amanda Inscore Whittamore / WGCU)
GL041524_full unedited audio.mp3
Click here to listen to the full, unedited audio of the event.
Your browser doesn’t support HTML5 audio
WGCU is your trusted source for news and information in Southwest Florida. We are a nonprofit public service, and your support is more critical than ever. Keep public media strong and donate now . Thank you.