DB and Me

by Kathy V. Brainard

Writing a book about your mother is no easy task. But Kathy Brainard, in this coming of familial love, has made it a joy to read! It's a whirlwind of creative writing that follows her mother's progression from a poor girl being raised by a single mother during the Depression, to a brilliant scholarship winning student, to a "model PTA President parent", to a shrewd businesswoman in a man's industry (mining), to a fallen heroine seduced by alcohol and power who's jailed for tax invasion, and, in the finale, to a woman seeking atonement with her husband, her children, her family, and, most of all, with herself.

It's a powerful story of how money and power corrupts and how sacrifice redeems.

146 pages, Paperback

Published July 21, 2021

Reviews

[Lisa Hunt · Rating 5 out of 5]

Biography of my wild and wonderful aunt, Dorothy Brainard, written by her daughter. This was such fun to read - very interesting and quirky style with fun, laugh out loud stories. My only wish is that it were longer.