A Matter of Pride

By Jane Gill
Published By Double Edge Press
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Published: Aug. 26, 2010
Words: 68446 (approximate)
Language: English

Ebook short description

“You can never go home again.” Lu Conners wonders why she would want to. Memories of poverty, the death of her mother, an embittered father, and being called racial slurs had driven her away for years. The last thing she wants to do is attend to her newly deceased father’s affairs. Can her journey home become a journey of renewal as secrets are revealed and sacrifices discovered?

Extended description

“You can never go home again. . .” Lu Conners wonders why she would want to.

Home to her conjured up memories of a poverty stricken childhood on a dirt-farm in Florida, the death of her mother, an embittered and closed-off father, and the cutting slights of being called racial slurs. Was it any wonder that when she won a scholarship for college in the north she never looked back?

Now with teenaged children, a successful career and a business-owner husband, the last thing she wants to do is attend to her newly deceased father’s affairs. Neither is she anxious to deal with her hostile brother or face those figures from her childhood who could feel nothing but betrayal after her long absence.

The journey home unexpectedly becomes more than a facing of bad memories. To her surprise she finds it to be a journey of renewal as secrets are revealed, sacrifices are discovered, and a newfound pride in her family and roots is instilled to be treasured and passed down to the next generati... (Read more) “You can never go home again. . .” Lu Conners wonders why she would want to.

Home to her conjured up memories of a poverty stricken childhood on a dirt-farm in Florida, the death of her mother, an embittered and closed-off father, and the cutting slights of being called racial slurs. Was it any wonder that when she won a scholarship for college in the north she never looked back?

Now with teenaged children, a successful career and a business-owner husband, the last thing she wants to do is attend to her newly deceased father’s affairs. Neither is she anxious to deal with her hostile brother or face those figures from her childhood who could feel nothing but betrayal after her long absence.

The journey home unexpectedly becomes more than a facing of bad memories. To her surprise she finds it to be a journey of renewal as secrets are revealed, sacrifices are discovered, and a newfound pride in her family and roots is instilled to be treasured and passed down to the next generation.
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family, racism, florida, poverty, christian, turpentine, black history, civil rights, flagler county, potato farming, dirt farms

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