Book: Paradise Unveiled
Author: Joan Day Brady
Pages: 304
Publisher: American Book Publishing (September 2011)
Book Source: Independent Purchase
Category: Historical Romance
Style: Page-turner
This, my friends, is my aunt, Joan Day Brady. Okay, technically, she is not my aunt, but she is my mom's close-as-sisters friend since they were teenagers. So, she's always been my Aunt Joanie.
Joan Brady is my hero, and not only because she anchors so many of my warm recollections of fun and family. Joan is a do-er—of lots of things, but, specifically, in 2006 Cedar Fort Publishing released her cookbook,
Daily Meal Planner. It's terrific, chock full of good ideas, and bespeaks all the homey wisdom and common sense I have come to identify with her.
Joan is somewhere in the vicinity of her 80th birthday (a year or two shy, I think). Last year (2011), she published her first novel,
Paradise Unveiled. I love that at a time of life when so many consider their adventures over and done, Joan has seized the opportunity to fulfill a lifelong dream. Forget about a bucket list. How about an onward and upward list?
