Deborah Camberlain and Orange Picnic, a Memoir
My story is a poignant love story that began over 40 years ago, and defines my life today. It's about my best friend and me after we met and started dating two older guys who were also friends with each other. We met at the Newgate, a little coffee shop in
Homewood, Il., where I was living at the time. We hung around together, did naughty things like skipping school to pop over to
Indiana or downtown
Chicago, fell in love and had a great life as two couples together until life and the Vietnam War interfered. Within a span of 7 months, we lost both guys.
We were just 17 years old.
I wrote the book to preserve the memories of my first love – a man who made me feel truly loved. I also wanted to honor the memories of these two men who were not able to live their lives to the fullest and experience the typical joys of becoming a husband and father. My other motivation was to put a finished book into the hands of my boyfriend’s mother before she died – which I was able to do on Mother’s Day after the book was finally published.
BIO: A long-time
Wisconsin resident,
Deborah (Donaldson) Chamberlain is the owner of Donaldson Media & Marketing Services.
She has a Masters Degree in Mass Communications and taught college-level courses in media, marketing and advertising.
In addition to being a business owner and author of her memoir,
Orange Picnic, Deborah is also a mom.
Her daughter,
Becca Donaldson, was recently named a Fulbright scholar and is completing her research in the
United Arab Emirates.
The book is available by contacting Deborah at (414) 777-0430 or by e-mail at
orangepicnic@gmail.com.
The book is also available at
Amazon.com and
BN.com.
For reader comments and other information, visit
www.orangepicnic.com.
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