25 years later, a book is born
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Author Mary Helen Brown comes to the Dadeville Performing Arts Center with the collaboration of the Dadeville Public Library to discuss her first novel “Headed for Home.”

 Abigail Murphy / The Record

Sometimes a character is so life-like you can’t get them out of your head. At least that was the case for author Mary Helen Brown.

Decades ago, Brown heard a story about someone dying because a tombstone fell on them and she thought, “What an interesting way to start a book.” She wrote the first chapter and then put it away for 25 years.

Abigail Murphy is a multimedia reporter for Tallapoosa Publishers, Inc. To contact Abigail Murphy, email abigail.murphy@alexcityoutlook.com.