Mahrynie Red

About the Book

Mahrynie reads like the pages of a family photo album. It is frothed with marital, parent/child and family conflicts. This work contains vivid pictorial accounts of romance, domestic violence, murder and suicide. It is set in the Deep Southern State of Arkansas and continues on Galveston Island, Texas.

All the nuances of Mahrynie's psychosocial development spans a fifty years time period. She eventually ends up in San Francisco, California. This book is serious, delightfully funny and is told in a poignant genre. It is the culmination of three marriages and divorces, seven children, surviving and living happily ever after these life-shattering events. Mahrynie began as a memoir of the author; however, it evolved into a novella as a courtesy to the authors' family.

About the Author

Frankie J. Holtz-Davis holds a Bachelors and Masters degree in Social Work Education. She is a practicing Certified Clinical Domestic Violence Counselor III, Supervisor of Domestic Violence Programs, Certified Family Conferencing Facilitator, Certified Group Mediator; and, co-author of San Francisco City & County’s Human Services Agency’s Domestic Violence Service Protocol. Ms. Holtz-Davis is also the author of several other professional manuals. She has held adjunct professorships over twenty-five years, through California State University systems; and, taught graduate level Social Work Practice at California State University, Long Beach, California. Ms. Holtz-Davis is a sought after consultant in the human services field. Publications include: “Mahrynie Red: The Journey,” an autobiographical work; “Sarah: A Study in Multiple Personality Disorders,” Forensic Psychology Journal, and “VOICES,” a monthly publication in Orange County, CA. “The Men Folk,” is a non-fictional compilation of personal stories of the unheralded lives of sixty-six (66) African-American men living, struggling and contributing to the prosperity of America. The unique struggles of African-Americans in general began two hundred fifty plus years ago. These struggles continue and have intensified since the election of America’s 44th President, Mr. Barack H. Obama.