Port Stanley Villager July:Aug 2025

Lisa Brandt’s ‘Pieces of Us – Felicity and Mitzi: Book One’ by Peri Hayes Pieces of Us — Felicity and Mitzi: Book One , self-published by Lisa Brandt’s Lisa Brandt Creative Services (LBCS) in April, symbolizes the author’s shift toward a fictional storyline. With her first book debuting in 2003, Lisa reflects, “Ever since high school, I thought about writing novels. Now is the time for me to do what I want, and I have spent my time writing.” Book One of this moving trilogy is dedicated to Lisa’s husband, Derek. “Everybody should be lucky enough to have someone who is delusionally supportive. He is a rock for me; the first to read anything that I write.” As Lisa also highlights, “The covers for all three novels were drawn by my late brother-in-law, Dave. He drew the covers for my nonfiction, and I found a theme of trees in these drawings which depict the growth of the family in this story. Dave is like nobody I’ve ever known. It’s very important to me to have his artwork represented.” Surrounding love, grief and childhood pain, this is a story which follows sisters on their respective paths. Lisa candidly reveals, “Well, it’s funny because I grew up with a brother. I love the idea of exploring sisters, and it was fun to get into their heads.” These siblings, Felicity and Mitzi, are portrayed as quite opposite: “I grew up in a world of what should have been, and have grown into how life is. To me, these are two fundamental dynamics in life -- representative of how I once was and who I am becoming. I intend for my work to be entertaining more than anything, and that people can identify with different parts of these character’s lives.” AD SAVE DIRECT RESPONSE MEDIA GROUP 240 Wyecroft Road, Oakville, ON L6K 2G7 1 866 993-0600 drmg.com

Readers will recognize a fascinating component, being Lisa’s decision to personify an inanimate object in this story. The local writer offers, “Our family used to name inanimate objects to make each other laugh. I got to thinking about this particular character experiencing light even in the midst of dark times, demonstrating that she has perspective in her life.” Lisa graciously voices about this process, “The first live review I got was five stars and I just about did a dance in my kitchen. This is something I’ve thought about for so long, and now it’s the realization of a goal. Once the book is out there, it’s not mine anymore. It’s very exciting, once the terror passes.”

As this multifaceted entrepre- neur proudly concludes, “My day job is a voice-over profes- fessional and a co-host with Erin Davis of the ‘Gracefully & Frankly’ podcast, which has been excelling with over 175,000 downloads.” Hard copies of Pieces of Us — Felicity and Mitzi: Book One are available at Lake House Books in Port Stanley, with further information on Lisa’s voiceoflisabrandt.com website. The second book of this series will be released this summer. OCT NOV DEC MAILING MONTH JAN FEB MAR JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP

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