Maureen Brady

Ginger's Fire

Ginger's Fire tells the story of one woman's painful but necessary rebirth and awakening. Ginger and Nellie have finally realized their dream: after years of hard work, they have completely restored a beautiful old farmhouse in the Catskill Mountains. But as the house has come together, their relationship has been silently slipping away. When, after all their labors, their beloved home is destroyed in a catastrophic fire, Ginger and Nellie begin to move apart, and Ginger must begin an arduous journey to discover her own long absent passion and inner fire.

Jenifer Levin calls it, "A FINE PIECE OF WORK, written with the compression of poetry."

"...a work of uncommon heft and integrity."
Richard LaBonte

"Billy's Mark," Bellevue Literary Review, Spring, 2008 To read an excerpt, go to My Works page

short story
"Billy's Mark"
Published in Bellevue Literary Review, Spring 2008
Fiction
Ginger's Fire
An absorbing tale of rebirth, redemption, and finally finding the way back home
Folly
A book about work and passion and the way the women come together to break out of their oppressive circumstances and achieve victory.
Give Me Your Good Ear
This is Francie's story. Francie weaves a new life for herself by untying the knots that have kept her in bondage: a childhood terrorized by an alcoholic father and a secret of violence shared with her mother.
Nonfiction
Midlife
A daily companion for women as they navigate the midlife passage
Daybreak
A collection of affirmations and thoughtful meditations which bring the experience of sexual abuse into the light where hope resides, making change and healing possible.