Book Review: Among the Branded
BOOK TITLE: Among the Branded AUTHOR: Linda Smolkin DESCRIPTION OF BOOK COVER: Top half of a woman with pulled back hair, eyes closed, bottom half obscured by a piece of cardboard with the title in red on it. GENRE: Contemporary/Historical PAGES: 266 BLURB: What if a 70-year-old letter from World War II changed the course of your life? While attending Valor of the ’40s, art director Stephanie Britain stumbles upon a flea market selling letters from the war. She buys a handful, hoping they’ll inspire the redesign for a client’s website at her branding and design firm. She’s at first drawn by the lost art of penmanship, but discovers a hidden treasure nestled inside declarations of love from homesick soldiers. Stephanie enlists a coworker to translate one and realizes it’s not a love letter after all. When a shocking discovery about a client causes Stephanie to question her principles and dedication to her firm’s business, she’s forced to make a difficult decision—o...