Citywide Bytes—Brenda Coffee’s memoir shows the power of your voice

In her memoir “Maya Blue: A Memoir of Survival,” Brenda Coffee takes us through the good and the bad of her eventful life, reminding us that if you keep your voice and your wits, you can survive almost anything.    In this interview, Brenda talks about how she opens the book, with a burly man telling her and hr husband that their lives wee in danger. We talk about how she chose what to include and what to leave out, and how the editing process shaped the story. She also goes into the message behind the story and how the public has responded since the book was released.