Brooklyn Monti in Broken Petals
Q. What is your full name? Do you have a nickname?
A. My full name is Brooklyn Denise Monti. I have a few nicknames. But the
Profanity Police is the funniest one. (chuckles) My college friends call me
that because sometimes they can get a bit vulgar, and I have to reel them in.
Q. Where and when were you born?
A. I was raised in Woodcrest in ‘83. Whew, that seems so long ago,
doesn’t it?
Q. Wait, weren’t you born in ‘82?
A. Aah, you caught that. You know your stuff. I like that.
Q. Who are/were your parents?
A. Oh gosh, what a complex question. But I’ll do my best to give you the short
version. Shortly after I was born, my mother succumbed to Huntington’s disease.
My father was afraid I had the same gene, so the thought of going through the
same thing with me scared him. So, that’s how my wonderful parents came
into my life.
Q. That’s interesting. How was your life growing up?
A. I was a tab bit spoiled. But there was a balance. My parents taught me twice
as much as they gave me. They were the best. I'm thankful my birth father got
that part right.
Broken Petals a novel by Tasha Hutchison
Broken Petals is a story that explores the complexity of friendship, love, legacy, and death as a young woman dying to live ventures on a journey of self-discovery.
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