Mary Edwards Wertsch, daughter of a career Army family, is the author of the non-fiction book, Mlitary Brats: Legacies of Childhood Inside the Fortress, first published in 1991, which looks at the
military as the home culture for the children of all services and examines the long-term effects, positive and negative. First published in 1991, the book was in the hands of three publishers before
Mary founded her own publishing company, Brightwell Publishing, in 2006 and began publishing it herself. The publishing company specializes in books that explore and strengthen military brat cultural
identity.
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