The Trek Of A Retired Flack

About the Book

The book, “The Trek of a Retired Flak,” tells about the life of a young woman who makes it in the business world despite the lack of a college education but by accumulating the necessary experience through sheer luck and opportunities placed in her path.

Born in poverty, she managed to have streaks of luck follow her wherever she landed.  Not realizing that luck would consistently follow her, she simply followed that streak until she reached the spot when she could no longer count on luck and bowed out when illness took over.

A bit of fantasy propelled her into a career she grew to love.  Buoyed by the natural stride of her life, she took advantage of every opportunity along the way.  She met people she had only seen in the media, turning those meetings into positive experiences and making friends in the bargain.

At age 15, she went to work in a mail room in a prestigious insurance agency and closed her career as president of her own company, hiring a crew of six people while taking on a few friends as part-timers who could apply their talents where needed.  Their true stories cover a long period of time.

Her background caught her in a forward spiral.  There are a few stories among the myriad of those that could be told.  We hope you enjoy them.

About the Author

Doris is the eldest of four children, 2 boys and 2 girls.  Thus she became the head of the siblings.   It was in that position she felt she had charge of all and settling arguments, making the larger decisions, and making the smaller decisions when necessary.  She was a natural leader and made decisions for her 2 brothers and small sister with ease.  Because she was a natural in her approach, she was given much to do.

Doris began to think about herself more seriously when she reached the age of 12.  She discovered an artistic personality and also found she was given to write.  She found herself writing her father’s skits and plays for his clubs and ceremonies.  Prior to high school graduation, she wrote final term papers for her friends. 

She interceded in a situation where women’s rest room privacy was being violated by male employees and solicited help from a union to eliminate the problem.  This ultimately led to a superior job working within the criminal justice system.  Seeking outside counsel is a method she used all through her life in an effort to resolve conflicts.

Marriage and raising a family interrupted her work situation.  To fill in the time, she took up volunteer work.  She wrote a resource brochure for drug abusers which led to work in the offices of three Detroit mayors.  Always a loner, nevertheless she had many friends.  She found working  helpful and enjoyable.   The contacts she built while volunteering were extraordinary and, at a time when she left the work world and founded her own public relations company, those contacts paid off.