Versatile.
Others say weird.
Others say weird.
In truth, McClain's wacky and
wonderful.
As a youth, she believed
herself an odd-ball, craved being like others. She even practiced writing in
cliches because her classmates did, and if they thought the phrases were cool,
they had to be.
Fortunately, that phase
passed, and she now celebrates her own diversity. She plays bassoon, creates
stained glass, enjoys high ropes, loves to run and, of course, she writes.
For thirty years she attempted to teach teenagers the joys of the English language. Judging from the prevalence of confusion with their, they're and there--not to mention your and you're and the rest, she hasn't succeeded much. She's now on a quest to make magic with her own words.
Waters of Separation
Africa’s secrets resurrect the despair
physician assistant Anna Haas buried in America. Her pregnancy and the
discovery of boys bound by slavery in the cacao sector of the Côte d’Ivoire
revive her childhood guilt. Her mother’s suicide claimed the lives of the two
small sisters Anna had vowed to protect.
Her failure to save them was unforgiveable.
It will not happen with these boys.
Her interference prompts a corrupt government
to threaten the thriving mission and the lives of Anna and her friends. Her
action also threaten her marriage.
However, doing nothing will destroy her.
The story weaves from past to present and
across two continents as Anna fights for love, faith and redemption.
For me, global
equity is important. We worry that our chickens be free-range, our shelters no-kill,
yet we blithely by goods produced in sweatshops. Leave a brief prayer for the
oppressed of the world in the comments. I need more than one prayer. From those
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4 comments:
Wow! That sounds like a fascinating, if not heart-wrenching, book. I appreciate the author writing about hard topics.
Lord, I pray for all of those who are being oppressed by their government or by poverty or sickness. Make ways of help to them
and help others to be aware so they can help and pray. You love
extents to each of these too, and they must not be forgotten or
overlooked by society.
Marilynn Walton (marsuewal@aol.com)
Father, give me your eyes so that I can see beyond my first world problems and have compassion for those who struggle daily just to survive another day.
Congratulations to Carolyn!
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