Happy Publication Day to BC author and artist 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 (@colleen_v_brown) whose memoir, 𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒊𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒅, 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆, is released today with Saskatchewan’s award-winning 𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 (@radiantpress)!
𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒊𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒅, 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 is a stunning and shattering memoir of Brown's mother's life, which had been brutally distorted by the spectacle of her murder by a serial killer. It’s a book that, through Colleen’s struggle to piece together her mother’s life, calls out the dehumanizing effects of our society’s true crime obsession, as well as the difficulties of making sense of someone's humanity through the lens of the criminal justice system.
𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤:
While in the middle of a divorce and in the process of reinventing herself, Doris Brown died suddenly in 1974. Two years later, a serial killer confessed to her murder. What propels this book is a desire to recover Doris' life, which has been obscured by the spectacle of her death. 𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒊𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒅, 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 captures the cadence of family stories collected through interviews the author conducted with her siblings. Essays and memories by Doris Brown's youngest children, Colleen and Laura, appear alongside spoken word anecdotes that contain the family's oral history and tell us who she was.
𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒊𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒅, 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 is available anywhere books are sold, including at RadiantPress.ca.
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