Ellie Mallet '65 to Sign Books at Co-op Tomorrow By Betty Gabrielli
			OCTOBER 15, 1999-- Alumna Eleanor Mallet’s columns have appeared in the Plain Dealer, and her commentaries have been heard on WCPN (90.3 FM), the Cleveland NPR affiliate. The New York Times Magazine published her personal account of having breast cancer. She has also written for the Boston Globe, Northern Ohio Live, and the alumni magazines of Oberlin College and Case Western Reserve University. Mallet will sign copies of her latest work, The Notion of Family, a collection of stories about her family, at Oberlin's Co-op Bookstore at 2 P.M. tomorrow, October 16. A journalist for 18 years, Mallet became a columnist for the Plain Dealer in 1992. She left the Cleveland newspaper last year to work on a forthcoming project on Jewish identity. The Notion of Family (Orange Frazier Press, 1999)--which spotlights relationships, family matters, women’s struggles, and political issues--is recommended reading by the New York Times. The book is a collection of essays drawn from more than 400 of the columns Mallet wrote for the PD over six years. Arranged chronologically, what emerges is the arc of a family over four generations. Humorous and intimate, Eleanor Mallet’s stories reflect on her relationships with relatives, the mysteries of growing up, love and loss, and the minutia of family life. Juxtaposed with personal photographs, her tales illustrate the complexity of family while bringing fresh insights to life’s intimacies. A member of the Class of 1965, Mallet is a long-time member of the Oberlin Alumni Magazine's advisory board. Awards for her personal style of writing include the Ohio Excellence in Journalism Award for column writing in 1997 from the Press Club of Cleveland.
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