Barbara Rose Brooker, Author; Columnist; Performer; Teacher

This talented author will speak from her latest book in which a woman rises above all obstacles to live a life on her own terms as a successful artist. The book focuses on deception and redemption. It is a novel about Dianne Roseman, a woman programmed to be a “Jewish American Princess” and define herself by a successful marriage. The reader is invited into the brutal art world through Roseman’s disastrous affair with a famous dealer of contemporary art and her persevering effort to become a known artist. The novel explores women of all cultures who are inhibited by old generations and fight to thrive.