Three Brown Eyed Girls
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Patsy
She says she was born one second too early or one second too late, smart and creative, she swats the silken web of simple expectations for a woman of her time. With a ready smile and a brain of many colors like her dreams, Patsy clips coupons with an attitude, and splurges her first Social Security check on frivolous girlie things. Her love of
Celia
She has a miniscule birthmark below her right eye. It is the sign of her father, the spot of truth to those who said...perhaps he was another man. The only girl in a sea of raucous boys, she kept silent to herself, dutiful, studious, picking up the detritus of her mother's rages...on guard...waiting. Her brilliance ignored, her love wanting. Love wasn't allowed in Mommy's house...only her love of Johnny Walker. When she left at sixteen with a college scholarship, she left alone. A battered suitcase and an old army duffle bag filled with books, fear and loneliness were her only companions. She never looked back...until now.
Rita
Her best friend's mother would send them out to shoplift. How she missed her pal when she was transported from the inner city to the
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The stories of three women told in a medley of poetry, fiction and memoir. Take yourself on a journey with Patsy, who says she was born one second too early or one second too late; Celia, her brilliance ignored, her love wanting; and Rita, a gritty rebel who wouldn’t cry for the mother who distanced herself from her only daughter. Each one stealing minutes, cheating fear, finding passion, claiming the girl inside before her light finally fades.
About the Author
Rosaleen received her BA in her forties, began a new career in her fifties, and devoted herself to writing in her sixties. She is the author of the memoir, “Uncle Raymond’s Garden” and writes for the Ocean Grove Record.
Rosemary, married fifty-four years, with two children and two granddaughters, lives at the
V. G. Wells, the youngest and only daughter of five children, left home at the age of fifteen to attend college. There she discovered her thirst for writing. She now lives in