Eldonna edwards books5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() My goal in writing THIS I KNOW was to take a God-fearing preacher and thrust him into a situation where he’s forced to reexamine everything he understands, or thinks he understands. But that’s pretty much where real life and story part ways. Carter, my mother lost a full-term baby that she deeply grieved. Grace has four sisters I had five sisters and a baby brother. Like Grace, I was a child of the sixties, albeit a half-step behind my young protagonist. They live in the fictional lakeside town of Cherry Hill, MI. ![]() That said, there are definite parallels between my family and the Carters. Conversely, although they suffered through my rebellious teen years, I never for a moment in my life felt unloved by my parents. Grace’s daddy is dogmatic, proud and devoted to his family and flock, but he can’t see past his rigid beliefs to recognize how blessed he is by a daughter he fears and condemns. Carter, my father was as kind and generous a man as you could meet-not the type of person who would make for a dynamic character in a novel. Yes, I enjoyed a fertile upbringing from which to harvest colorful characters and a rich setting, but no, this is not a story about me or about my family. ![]() Occasionally someone will ask if THIS I KNOW is autobiographical. In my author bio I describe how I teethed on the back of Southern Baptist pews in rural Midwest towns where my father preached. My mom would have three more babies before completing the Edwards family. ![]() That’s me in my oldest sister Sharon’s lap. ![]()
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