Father-Daughter Team's New Book Examines the Effects of Prejudice and Methods of Sustaining Identity Outside of Traditional Definitions

Withstanding the Lie offers a new identity to all who have suffered from bigotry, and a means of maintaining "personhood" in the face of hate and hostility.

Rockfall, CT (PRWEB) July 3, 2008 -- In today's climate of war, suspicion, racial profiling and "homeland security," Withstanding the Lie, a new book authored jointly by father-daughter team Roger and Nicole Brewer, speaks to all who have been wounded by bigotry of any kind.

A compilation of essays, short fiction and personal memoirs combine to encourage people not to identify themselves ethnically or by gender, religion, or sexual orientation but as simply people--an ideal inspired by the words of presidential candidate Barack Obama, who has urged Americans to put anger and mistrust based on differences aside. Both Brewers have experienced bigotry firsthand, and their powerful example is meant to enable others to protect themselves from prejudice and prevent the loss of self-esteem as a result of it.

The authors' ultimate message in Withstanding the Lie is that all communications of hate are lies professed by liars, and must be identified as such.

For more information or to request a free review copy, members of the press can contact the author at Rbrewer46(at)comcast.net. Withstanding the Lie is available for sale online at Amazon.com, BookSurge.com, and through additional wholesale and retail channels worldwide.

About the Author
Growing up as a sharecropper in rural Georgia during segregation, Roger Brewer experienced prejudice on a number of levels, even after moving to Connecticut to practice insurance law, where his daughter grew up as a minority in her school community. Nicole Brewer graduated summa cum laude from Hollins University and from New York University with a master's degree in humanities and social thought. She lives and works in New York City.

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