Violeta Barrett, a Brooklyn transplant, moved from Canada to Ft. Myers, Florida, where she resides today, following her second husband’s death. She has been published in the anthol...view moreVioleta Barrett, a Brooklyn transplant, moved from Canada to Ft. Myers, Florida, where she resides today, following her second husband’s death. She has been published in the anthology Beyond Coping, and her poetry and writings have been printed in her local newspapers. FIRST LOVE received the Pinnacle Book Achievement Award for 2012 winner ih the Category of Memoir. Her passions are classical music, travel, photography, and, of course, love.view less