How Do You Learn To Forgive?
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The Story behind Every Woman's Tale....
Many years ago I worked in corporate America. One day a young clerk who worked as a filing clerk came in with a black eye. It turned out that her husband had beaten her up. I don't know the details, but someone in HR called her family back East and made arrangements for her to get out of the town. I often wondered what happened to that young girl. At the time an older woman related that her father-in-law told her "If my son ever hits you, that's his fault. If he hits you again, that's your fault for staying." I can't quite figure out whether I accept that statement, but I still find it interesting. Around the same time a friend of mine had discovered that her husband was having an affair. They reconciled (for a time) but I remember her telling me over drinks that she would never forgive him or forget it. I wondered at the time whether their marriage would last and what it would take to be able to forgive. These two events triggered the beginning of Every Woman's Tale. |
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Kate Sullivan juggles family and work, solve programming snafus, and goes backpacking in the Colorado Rockies, but finds it overwhelming to decide whether she can or should forgive someone who has hurt her dreadfully.
Set in 1993, Kate is a 39-year-old woman with two young children, a social worker husband, and a demanding, ever-changing corporate job. She juggles work and family, and just when she feels like she has it made, gets hit in the gut with three surprises. This story is one that most woman can relate to---whether the mother of young children or someone who dealing with sexism in the work place or someone who feels stuck with too many pressures today and not enough choices. The reader may want to join the fictitious Lorena Bobbitt club to deal with men in business. Ten percent of the purchase of Every Woman's Tale will go to support The Family Tree in Denver, a nonprofit, dedicated to help people overcome child abuse, domestic violence and homelessness to become safe, strong and self-reliant. To order an electronic version of Every Woman's Tale go to Every Woman's Tale. |
