Four Walls and A Leaky Roof (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781491298916)

Brenda Meisels is a retired social worker psychotherapist, who is awed by the ability of her abused clients to pick up the pieces, fasten them together, and make something of their lives. These women's struggles and victories inspire her to write. In Brenda Humphrey Meisels' first novel, Family at Booknook, a pregnant teenager, a shadow of a girl named Sparrow, is banished from her home and foisted on a cantankerous old man who owns a bookstore, Booknook. Withdrawn, Sparrow seemingly sleepwalks through her pregnancy. With the birth of her baby, she comes to life and refuses to give her child up for adoption. A unique family is formed. Family at Booknook is about relationships and growth. A grieving, crotchety old man finds purpose in life. A reclusive young mother and her feisty daughter come of age, and together confront the mystery of the missing father. Ms. Meisels lives with her husband Murray Meisels in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She states, "I write to keep myself sane. Her husband chuckles: "I'm not so sure it works." He, who doesn't claim to be a writer, wrote an essay titled "The Day My Wife Became Neurotic." Curious? Check out her blog link: Four Walls and a Leaky Roof