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An educator from Indiana moves to California, a new culture, to start a new life. She soon finds she is ill-equipped for her new surroundings, but rises like a storm to overcome or conceal any deficiencies. She is arrogant and self-confident, becoming a high society lady hosting lavish events and outlandish parties. She and her husband travel world-wide. They have multiple homes. They care for their family. They entertain their friends. They give...
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This is the story of a child born into a conservative fundamentalist preacher's family in Indiana.
Her journey through thirty tumultuous years was:
*within the strict regulations of the church community
*within the confines of a love-starved home
*within an unbelievable marriage
During the journey, she:
*moved quickly through school, graduating and becoming a teacher at age 19
*became a leader in the educational community
*found the true love she...
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"The Extended Hand" is the first-person story of how a sixty-plus year old woman came to the point of having to tell the man she loved that she had lost all of their worldly goods, without giving him a warning. Only in retrospect did she understand why she, the daughter of a charismatic fundamentalist preacher with a need to control his family, was driven to excel and perform perfectly. As an adult, she found it hard to love herself–when her first...
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