The Story of Briar

**2023 Literary Global Book Awards Winner for Best-Fiction-Cross-Genre**
**2023 Readers' Favorite Five Stars**
**2023 4th QTR, Speak Up Talk Radio Firebird Awards Winner for New Adult Fiction-First Place**
**2023 4th QTR, Speak Up Talk Radio Firebird Awards Winner for Southern Fiction-First Place**
**2023 4th QTR, Speak Up Talk Radio Firebird Awards Winner for Women's Fiction-Second Place**
**2024 Typesmith Writer's Award Winner-Fiction-Cross-Genre**
**2024 BookFest Spring Awards First Place FICTION: Romance-New Adult**
**2024 BookFest Spring Awards Second Place FICTION: Literary-Coming of Age**
**2024 BookFest Spring Awards Second Place FICTION: Women's-Fiction General**
**2024 American Legacy Book Awards Winner Cross-Genre Fiction**
**2024 Regal Book Awards Winner for Historical Fiction**

The Story of Briar is a historical fiction that is a spectacular coming-of-age story. This brutal story takes place in rural East Texas and focuses on historical accuracy for that era in history. In the closing days of Briar's life, she tells the story of her life to her only living relative, her grandson, Russell. A history of Russell's family is told, which he never saw coming. These revelations recount the poverty of Briar's family when they were young. The criticism she faced as being a Tom Boy. The hardships of the Great Depression, an approaching war, a rough life growing up on a farm, and family tragedies all encompass the life of Briar. All gravitating to a place comfortable for Briar, her family land where the creek runs through the pines along the trail by their house. That is her refuge. It is the Story of Briar.