Tatiana Vilbrun-Etienne teaches us about the importance of loving and finding ourselves in BrookLyn We Go HARD, a young adult coming-of-age novel set in her beloved hometown of Brooklyn.
Best friends Brook and Lyn love each other almost as much as they love themselves. They also know they've got the looks-and a mutual crush on Brent.
Soon, Brook and Brent start dating. Lyn gets Jealous. She is unable to sort out her feelings regarding both her friend's good fortune and her parents' conflicted relationship. Despite this, she can't give up the pursuit, no matter what kind of wedge it drives between her and Brook.
Meanwhile, Brook has her own struggles to deal with. And as outside influences begin to weigh on her, she'll have to make an important choice. Will she make the right one?
Through chapters that alternate between the characters' perspectives in sharp-tongued bursts, BrookLyn We Go HARD teaches tough lessons about love and truth. Individually, their voices hold a mirror to our own spirits, while together they show a mosaic of struggle and despair that comes with maintaining relationships. But one lesson rings above all: Love Yourself Enough!
About the Author: Tatiana Vilbrun-Etienne specializes in convincing others to love themselves. A Brooklyn native, she moved to New Jersey in her teens. She holds a bachelor's degree in business administration/management and is four months shy of earning a master's degree in educational technology with a concentration in digital teaching and learning.
A high school Marketing, Business Law, Entrepreneurship, and career technology teacher, Vilbrun-Etienne is supervisor of the Career Technology Education and Visual and Performing Arts Department. She is also a motivational speaker for teens and women and is in the process of founding Love Yourself Enough (LYE), a consulting company meant to convince others of their own self-worth.
