Robin Brooks at The Beauty of Books designed the self-published memoir A Sense of Place: A Story of the Williams Family Farm. It is about the Williams family and the farm that has become Red Gate Farm today. This was a meaningful project that Robin worked on with her neighbor Rachel Cohn-Rottenberg.
"There were times I walked down our dirt road to deliver or pick up the manuscript, revisions, or photographs that needed to be rescanned. Often I stayed to discuss our children, or our childhoods, or endless other subjects."
This book was close to Rachel's heart. She visited Francis Williams until his death this past February of 2007. She began by taking on Francis as someone she might befriend, help. It turned out that Rachel was the one that Francis taught and helped.
Her book is beautifully and thoughtfully written. She has already sold out of her first 100 copies here locally. She'll reprint and then reprint again, as those reprinted are already promised.
"What a joy for me that we had this opportunity to work together!"
The size of the book is 7" tall by 9" wide.
Rachel says of our work together:
Robin is a talented artist. She entered into the spirit of my book and helped me to create an aesthetically beautiful piece of work. Throughout the project, she was conscientious about every detail and communicated her ideas in a friendly and professional way. It was a pleasure to work with her.
