Recalling My Beginnings: The Kentucky Years
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ISBN10: 1498419313
ISBN13: 9781498419314
Publisher: Xulon Press
Published: Dec 5 2014
Pages: 154
Weight: 0.41
Height: 0.33 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781498419314
Publisher: Xulon Press
Published: Dec 5 2014
Pages: 154
Weight: 0.41
Height: 0.33 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Vana has exhibited an ability to develop scenes and characters and condensed narratives that are often gripping, moving, and unexpectedly funny. -- Robert Root, author of Happenstance Vana Plaisance recalls her childhood memories, with vivid details on her family's history, and her happy, loving marriage. Themes on faith, Christian values, healing, and love punctuate the narrative, creating an enchanting piece. Deep emotional landscapes of characters are skillfully captured in the reading. With the author's emotional descriptions and physical descriptions, readers can easily connect with each emotion.This is an emotionally powerful testament, an exceptional read. The author also does not shy away from speaking truthfully about painful experiences seen as a child, and recalls traumatic experiences in graphic detail. The author has a nice, clean, simple writing style. Very readable. Lovely. Poetic in places. Vana J. Plaisance is a former award-winning newspaper journalist. She lives with her husband, Francis, in Abbeville, Louisiana. Since 1997, she has taught English and Publications at Delcambre High School, located in a shrimping town near the Gulf of Mexico.
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