About How We Healed: a novel:
BEST BOOK AWARD FINALIST for American Book Fest
“An often vivid family saga, centered on a satisfyingly complex matriarch.” – Kirkus Reviews
“This book did an excellent job of teaching essential life lessons.” – OnlineBookClub.org Review
There is nothing ordinary about the journey we take in life, or the people in it. A tale of starting over and an unforgettable odyssey of healing.
How We Healed follows Drunetta Brown, an oppressed black housewife desperate to escape her drunkard husband and small-town southern life. After fleeing with her youngest children to New York City in 1957, she finds unlikely friendship with Sister Rose, a church secretary, and Miss “Raycie” Rayceen, a boisterous bar singer. These women prove to be the right friends at the right time as they help Drunetta navigate her journey of self-discovery. With a determination uncharacteristic of her time, Drunetta ultimately learns what’s worth sacrificing—and, more importantly, what isn’t—to secure her place in a changing world.
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Author Bio:
Melody is a free-spirit born and raised in Vancouver, BC. She worked for prominent Vancouver law firms, a psychiatrist, and retired after decades working for a Crown Corporation. She is also a recognized painter and a poet. Her art has been showcased in local galleries and she published a book of poetry, “Life Lyrics” in 2011. She now lives outside Vancouver, with her husband Arric, where their backyard, affectionately known as the “Fowler Vineyard”, continues to produce amazing wines and jellies.
She has a wide range of poetic influences – Charlie Bukowski, Maya Angelou, Khalil Gibran, Alice Walker, Joaquin Zihuatanejo, Natasha Carrizosa, fellow Canadians Chelene Knight, Joseph Kakwinokanasum, Shane Koyczan and the late great Richard Wagamese.
A novel she has co-written with her husband Arric Fowler, “How We Healed,” released August 24, 2022.
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