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Donna F. Brown's Finding Medusa takes you on a historical journey through the turbulent sixties in Chicago, the music, the drugs, as well as a personal journey through her darkest and brightest moments. From first co-founding the Chicago based rock group, Medusa, and waiting 40 years for the release of their LP, First Step Beyond, Medusa finally secured a place in music history. The second incarnation of Medusa1975 produced the new album Rising From The Ashes, and led to several tours. At the heart of Finding Medusa is a story of resilience and survival. With adept control of the pen, Donna F. Brown shares intimate details of a 40-year journey in a memoir that records important events of the '60s she experienced, including the 1968 Democratic Convention riots in Lincoln Park in Chicago, in which she saw friends and strangers alike, lying beaten and bloody. She takes the reader through her experiences with drugs, the rock scene in Chicago in the 1970s, run-ins with authority, her difficult home life, a nursing career, her training as a mime with Marcel Marceau, and ultimately a return to Medusa and the music where it all started. Finding Medusa may make you laugh or make you cry, but you will most likely find, in Donna's story, deep connections to your own.

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Donna's book takes us on a personal journey through her time with Medusa, the band she was a part of in the 70s. It's a book that truly revives that rocker spirit, and introduces you to their music which began all that time ago, but is still relevant today. -- Thomas Neil, Owner of Off The Record Promotional Group When it comes to getting 15 minutes of fame, or in the case of Medusa a whirlwind year and a half of touring and playing to ecstatic fans, there is often a price to pay; shattered dreams, disappointments and the realisation that there is more to life than the illusion. Finding Medusa is a heartwarming story of a rocker's life full of the ups and downs that can go with it. Concerts, albums being recorded band members falling out and how to live a normal life in between it all. If you want an insight into the life of a Rock Star, that should have been even bigger, then this is for you. -- Darren Walker, Author of several books including his most recent, Closing Shop I've known Donna Brown for decades. And in all that time, she has never changed. She's always been focused, active, kind, and most of all driven to live each day to the max. Nothing -- not severe tinnitus, not a colossal mountain, not knee surgery -- has ever stopped her from achieving a goal. Which goal? Any goal, including writing a book about her incredible life. I don't know what Donna has planned next. But whatever it is, it's bound to be spectacular. -- Barb Garber, Co-Author of Tinnitus: Questions and Answers, Editor, and former Director of Education and Communication for American Tinnitus Association Donna has led an extraordinary life. Her stories hold inspiration for musicians, mountaineers and everyone in between. -- April Green, Former Advertising and Promotions Manager, Bart's CD Cellar Reading Finding Medusa inspired me to follow my dreams also! Every page made me feel as though I was on this personal and amazing journey with Gary and Donna, Which is what a successful writer like Donna accomplished! -- Shauna Marrone, Former guitarist and vocalist of the Christian band, Reignbow 1970s

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Donna currently lives in Pearce, Arizona, with her husband, Gary, and her faithful Sheltie companion, Toby. They have been traveling around the country in their RV since the summer of 2018, after selling their house in Colorado where they lived for 26 years. During their travels, they have played several gigs, the most recent at South By Southwest Music Festival in Austin, TX. Donna and Gary always enjoy jamming with fellow musicians they meet along the road.

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