gayle brink

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Coming Soon!  New for fall ’09, I will review best seller The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows.  This beautiful WW II novel presents characters of charm and depth, humanity and inhumanity, joy and sorrow and, above all, strength, courage and conviction.

We’ll follow British writer Juliet Ashton (aka Izzy Bickerstaff) as she strikes up a remarkable correspondence with a “book club” of Guernsey Channel Islanders emerging from six years of German occupation.  If you haven’t read it, you’ll want to and if you have, you’ll embrace it all over again.

            FYI…pg.51—Will Thisbee’s Potato Peel Pie:  “mashed potatoes for filling, strained beets for sweetness, and potato peelings for crust.  Will’s recipes are usually dubious, but this one became a favorite.”

EING MARTHA (The Inside Story of Martha Stewart and Her Amazing Life) by Lloyd Allen.  Whether you love Martha or don’t, she is a fascinating feature of the American experience.  I think you’ll enjoy my take on Martha’s story as told by her former neighbor and old friend, author Lloyd Allen.  We’ve heard Martha say it so many times…”It’s a good thing.”

THE PRIZE WINNER OF DEFIANCE, OHIO (How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words or Less) by Terry Ryan.  "An overview of the book (which has an interesting Dallas connection) and is true to the Judith Stone commentary in O Magazine of “A good-natured memoir as compelling as a commercial jingle.”  This true story is delivered in my usual conversational style and I think you will find it interesting, uplifting and fun."

“I am pleased to offer FOREVER, ERMA by Erma Bombeck, a compilation of 195 of Erma Bombeck’s most requested and best loved columns. This is presented with personal comments and in a conversational style--a light and fun hour.”

"And another thing..."

Education: 
Western Michigan University, BS
Mortar Board
Nat’l Poetry Award
Nat’l Who’s Who
Graduate Work:
University of Michigan
Rackham School of Graduate Studies
Married:
Richard Brink, husband/best friend
Children:
Son-Mac, Daughter-Abigail
Volunteer Affiliations, past and present: 
Richardson ISD council of PTAs
TX PTA Life Member
Nat’l PTA Life Member
RISD Bi-Racial Committee--Federal Appointment
Service on 13 Richardson & North Dallas boards/commissions
Northwood Womens Club
Meals-on-Wheels
Friends of the Arts District
Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church
Business: 
Jordan McMillan and Company  
Proud Nonna: 
Olivia, Emory & Ava Brink
Riter & Bennett White