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| A Christmas gift suggestion |
This is the time of year when so many people, events and
tasks clamor for our attention that I feel almost apologetic for adding one
more, but you can sense already, can’t you, that I am going to anyway. Why?
Because this is the holiday season more
devoted to love and loving kindness than any other we have. To that end, retaining
love as our foremost consideration, I suggest for those on your Christmas list a
love story you and they may have missed. It is a profound love story, not just about
the love of spouse for spouse, parent for child or friend for friend, but a
love that asks even more. A young Black woman, illiterate, yet discerning and witty
accepts a behest from her mother, one that has kept her lineage alive through centuries
of trials and suffering. The behest: To love the world – no exceptions. Miss
Imogene assumes this responsibility through the politically divisive, racially charged
20th century, with nothing other than a deep faith in goodness, the ear
of her dear friend and cart horse, Polly, and an inner strength which she comes
to know only through her trials.
Reviewer Patricia Macvaugh described what drew her into the
story: “…I was compelled to see if loving the world, that world of hate and
ugly racism, was truly possible.” And her conclusion: “I hope to channel Mrs.
Imogene Ware as I walk through this world of ignorance, terrorism of all kinds,
and cruelty to Mother Earth. It isn't easy, but she [Miss Imogene] never said
it would be.”
There is always another way; there always is. That is my raison
d‘etre for being a novelist, to offer such stories. This Christmas you can make
the gift of love tangible by sharing this novel set with those you love easily as
well as those who challenge you. It is a compelling story of a lone Black woman
attempting to contend with the life destiny bestowed on her through where and to
whom she was born – while struggling to save and salvage the lives of others,
especially one particular white child originally in her care.
Available in Paperback
or Kindle Format from Amazon
Looks like a great book, it's on my TBR list and I wanted to say how much I enjoyed your blog throughout this year. And while I'm here, let me wish you and Bert all the best for 2016 and a very Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteWhat a truly loving comment. It has been a delight to meet you and now be your friend across continents. If the internet is good for anything, it is putting people together who might otherwise have never crossed paths. I call you friend and that to me is the greatest of all relationships. Have a lovely holiday and may we both enjoy one another as greatly or more in the new year to come.
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