January 6, 2021. Play Royale, Mexico. "Fortunate Son."

Brooks Eason lives down the steet from me on Roses Bluff Drive. He and his wife Carrie moved in the Spring. When I was out walking, I spotted them and stopped to introduce myself. And I invited them for coffee in a few days, which they did. During our time togther, he told me that he is a semi-retired lawyer. So I asked him what he does with all his free time. Much to my surprise, he told me he writes books. I then asked him what he writes about. And he told me about the first two. I bought the books. Now I am finally reading his first book, "Fortunate Son". He told me the whole story at that time which I found i to be interesting and unusual. So even though I know the whole story, I am finding it to be a good read. He was born and raised in Tupelo. Both he and his sister were adopted. His life as a son was happy and he had no reason to delve into his birth mother's story. But when he was 50, he got a call from an attorney in New Orleans saying they had been looking for him all over the world. Now they found him. What they were calling about was an inheritance. And that is how the story unfolds. The book is a memoir and is interesting. Brooks goes back several generations so you must keep your wits to keep all the people straight. Everyone has a story but not everyone writes a book about that story. But Brooks did it. Now he has completed and published three books with another well on the way. But this book, "Fortunate Son," is definately worth reading.