The Breezy Meadow: A Butterfly's Story

Tender and wise, The Breezy Meadow: A Butterfly’s Story by Florence Ports Brown is a celebration of self; it is a memoir and a journey. Decidedly Southern in its charms and persuasions, Brown’s narrative is comprised of bittersweet memories of a country childhood spent in the rural province of Georgia during the early 1960s. Incredibly personal, she unveils the bacon and eggs of her life—and the grit and happenstance. With chapter titles such as “Sweet Potato Pie,” “The Coon Root,” “Maypop Summer,” and “Sugarcane Harvest,” she describes her transformation from a young colored girl to a strong woman, and of American life during segregation, when a person’s worth was based on social class and the color of their skin. Her journey through poverty and prejudice was not without deep and heartfelt joy as she looks back in appreciation for the trials and tribulation that made her who she is today—a woman of faith, a woman who embraces God, life, and love.