World War II Memoirist
We apologize for being scarce with posts the past few months. DSATA continues to have decent sales in the US and the UK, and Brigitte certainly enjoyed the incredible feedback and support she received from regional fans. But by the end of last year, her health was in severe decline. For all of us who … Continue reading Celebrating a brave and beautiful life
Country Bookshelf, Montana’s largest independent bookstore, usually prepares for a dozen attendees at new author events. Ten minutes before Brigitte’s book signing started, the store employees were happily scrambling to put out more chairs. Over 60 came this past Sunday! The main floor seating area was packed–standing room only. People stood in back, on the … Continue reading Incredible Turnout: Standing Room Only at Brigitte’s Book Signing
Shortly after Country Bookshelf asked to carry Don’t Say Anything to Anybody, their event coordinator emailed and asked to host an Author Event on Sunday October 8th. Brigitte is so excited about this! Country Bookshelf is Montana’s largest independent book seller. To get placed there and to get a signing scheduled so quickly is a … Continue reading Country Bookshelf Book Signing
Brigitte was recently invited to apply to have her memoir carried at Country Bookshelf, an award-winning independent book store in Bozeman, Montana. The owner often takes 6 weeks to decide about carrying a self-published book. (In a town full of self-employed and self-published entrepreneurs, she gets hundreds of requests every year). Ariana got back to … Continue reading DSATA Available at Country Bookshelf
We’re betting a few of our core fans have finished the book by now! If you have, you have incredible power to grow Brigitte’s readership. Just write a 1-paragraph review on our Amazon page. Right now some regional book buyers are contemplating carrying Don’t Say Anything to Anybody, and they’ll peek at those reviews to … Continue reading Word-of-Mouth Efforts Begin
Don’t Say Anything to Anybody (DSATA) is now available on Amazon! Any bookstore can special order it too if you want to shop local. 🙂 The Kindle version is still being prepped right now. Brigitte and Anika should get to see and approve a layout on Thursday, June 29. If all goes well, the Kindle … Continue reading Yearman’s hard-hitting World War II memoir now available!
The Author Proof arrived; Brigitte held it in her hands today. Stay tuned. The book should be available on Amazon sometime next week!
Wow. We are still reeling from how well the campaign turned out! It ended this Tuesday morning at 153% funded–$5673 of a $3700 goal. Because of the support that came in over-goal, we are able to pay our Kickstarter fees, fulfill all rewards, and pay for postage on all the review copies that will be sent out, … Continue reading Kickstarter Campaign an Incredible Success!
Brigitte Yearman is not Jewish. Her World War II survival story is from a rarely heard perspective: a child of the regime. From ages 5 to 11, Brigitte was part of the wartime child transports, survived as a North German refugee, escaped Russian soldiers, scavenged bombed out towns for food, and lost many loved ones … Continue reading Montana Book-writing Partnership is an Experiment in Peace-making Dialogue
During the years that I had young children at home, I was so busy caring for them through my twenties and into my thirties, I didn’t think much about my past. There wasn’t time to. I had twin girls and a third daughter who were born in Germany and one more daughter born in North … Continue reading What inspired you to write your story?
Brigitte Yearman 