Welcome to the April 2026 edition of An Open Book, hosted both at My Scribbler’s Heart and CatholicMom.com!
My husband makes his return to An Open Book after many months with Fred Minnick’s Bottom Shelf: How a Forgotten Brand of Bourbon Saved One Man’s Life. As the front cover quote from quarterback Terry Bradshaw says, “This book ain’t just about whiskey.” This is a memoir of an Iraqi war veteran who, to help cope with PTSD, employed “taste mindfulness and therapy,” a sensory-based exercise focused on taste and smell. This technique served him in both healing and furthering his writing career. The book covers his discovery of a rare bottle of whiskey and, more importantly, his marriage and growing family.
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