The Company
Trebloon Publications was founded by me, Richard M. Brodsky in 2001
in honor of my youngest daughter Stacie. Trebloon is short for trees and
balloons and is, as per Stacie's request, pronounced with a French accent.
So welcome to the world of Trebloon. Come fly with Stacie, Peri and
Hillary (my three daughters) and my wife Jodi as we christen our first
book, Jodi,The Greatest Love Story Ever Told.
The decision to self publish Jodi, The Greatest Love Story Ever Told
was based on time. Time would be against me if I took the more traveled
road of finding an agent and then a publisher. Time is ticking away as
AIDS sufferers continue to die. Trebloon may not have the cure for
AIDS... but we do offer an avenue of hope...
. . .You won't find a patent for this miracle cure, but you will discover how
to appreciate everything life has to offer, even if you are HIV-positive.
Jodi, The Greatest Love Story Ever Told, written by Richard M.
Brodsky is the true story of why Richard would not change places with
anyone in the world even though he is HIV-positive.
Richard has run many marathons, for he is healthier and faster than 99% of
all Americans. How does a 3 hour 23 minute marathon sound at age 46?
So he's HIV positive, a problem to society but not to him, his wife and
three teenage daughters. Sure, it wasn't easy having to tell Jodi, his wife
that he was both bisexual and HIV positive. Yet Jodi never doubted her
love and commitment to Richard and they are just as happy today,
probably even happier than the day they wed. But that's another story
to be told in Jodi, The Greatest Love Story Ever Told.
Richard's message is simple: eat right, exercise, don't drink, don't do drugs
and most important, take the AIDS medication. Following this recipe is the
course of survival, and not just surviving, but living a healthy, productive
life. Taking away the medicine or not providing the medicine is a death
sentence. And that is exactly what has happened around the globe,
particularly in poorer nations. Wake up, America! Government, business
and people must make the commitment to place lives over money.
25,000,000 people have died from AIDS and the number is growing. But it
can be reduced if people voice their concern, people like you and me. We
must speak out and tell our representatives in government how we want our tax dollars spent. And if I, Richard, have to write the book, Jodi,
The
Greatest Love Story Ever Told, and announce that Senators Allard,
Nickles, Smith and Voinovich have the worst voting records for AIDS
legislation, then may my pen never set until these senators change their
ways or resign in shame. We owe it to the 25,000,000 who have been
taken from our planet. They cannot speak but somehow their voices will be heard forever.
History will not be kind to the 21st century unless we change our values.
Richard poses the question: What will the people of the 22nd century think
of our century? His answer is: They will think we were the darkest age of
humanity. The Jewish people did an incredible job convincing mankind
that another Holocaust must never happen. The world agreed, only this
time they ignored AIDS sufferers.
Accompany Richard and his family on their magical, poetic journey and
learn why he would not change places with anyone in the world. Rejoice
in his life, cry with him through his challenging times, but in the end,
triumph with Richard and Jodi and their three teenage daughters. And if
Jodi has to write the epilogue to tell you in her own words how truly
blessed they are, then celebrate a feel-good story about real people
facing real problems. As Jodi says, "Find passion in this lifetime
because a lifetime without passion is not worth living."
