Brooks Eason
Author
Trigger Warning is Brooks Eason’s sixth book. His first, Travels with Bobby, is about hiking trips in the mountains of the West with his best friend. Fortunate Son, his memoir about his adoption as an infant and discovery of his birth mother’s identity when he was nearly fifty, was nominated by the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters for best nonfiction work. Bedtime with Buster consists of conversations between Brooks and his dearly departed dog and includes more than thirty marvelous illustrations of Buster by Atlanta artist Bob Fugate. Redemption – The Two Lives of Harry Brooks is a novel based on the life of his grandfather, who was a fugitive and felon in the first half of his life and a gifted Methodist preacher in the second. The Scoutmaster is the story of the wonderful life of his father, who served as a Boy Scout leader for more than sixty years and was an extraordinary influence on three generations of young men in his hometown. Trigger Warning is a humorous, at times poignant, reflection on Brooks’ life in the legal profession.
Brooks has three children and five grandchildren and lives in Madison, Mississippi, with his wife Carrie, three rescue dogs, and an orange tabby cat named the Count. In their spare time, Brooks and Carrie host house concerts, walk the dogs, and dance in the kitchen.
Visit Brooks online at: www.brookseason.com.
Featured Title
Memoir, Humor
Trigger Warning
Tales from a Life in the Law
Brooks Eason practiced law in Jackson, Mississippi, for forty years. Then, one day in the spring of 2023, he decided he might be retired. But he wasn’t sure.
How, one might ask, could a man with a lifetime of experience and a post-graduate degree not know whether he’s retired?
Well, it’s complicated.
Though Brooks maintained both a title and an office with his firm, and though he remained on call for his biggest and best client, the phone hadn’t rung in a while, and he rarely went to the office.
Not that he hasn’t been busy. Why, there have been dogs to walk, stories to tell, concerts to host, and books to write.
Including this one, which consists of stories spanning more than four decades, starting when Brooks decided to go to law school and ending when he settled his last big case shortly before he decided he might be retired.
Also by Brooks Eason
Bedtime with Buster
Children’s Edition
Buster’s wit and wisdom, specially edited to share with the little ones. It makes for a great family bedtime tradition.
Bedtime with Buster
Do you channel your dog?
That is, do you speak to your dog and then respond as your dog? In Bedtime with Buster, author Brooks Eason does. And does he ever!
In this hilarious, insightful new book, the author and his handsome hound Buster debate a number of existential questions for dogs.
Fortunate Son
the story of baby boy francis
Julie Francis was a beautiful, wealthy socialite from Tulsa with a golden future. But during the fall semester of her freshman year of college, she learned she was pregnant. She was only 17.
The Scoutmaster
Lessons in Service and Leadership from an American Hero
Paul Eason always did the right thing. He had a profound, positive influence on three generations of young men in his hometown.
The Scoutmaster is the story of a remarkable man and his remarkable life of leadership and service.
It is by turns thought-provoking, humorous, poignant and joy-filled. It is as much a story of discernment as discovery – and of ultimately finding grace in each person, occurrence and encounter.