Loving Miss Bessie

by Bryan M. Powell D. Litt.

Although Miss Bessie Myers is a figment of my imagination, she is every bit real in the sense that we all have a Miss Bessie in our lives. Miss Bessie is everyone's crazy aunt, spooky neighbor, beloved grandmother, and dearest friend. She can be brutally honest, painfully funny, sweet as honey and prickly as a pear. She is both the preacher's staunchest supporter and sharpest critic. Of all the words used to describe this godly saint, there is one which stands out above them all ... unpredictable.

144 pages, Paperback

Published November 9, 2018

About the author

Novelist Bryan M. Powell is a full-time writer and former owner of Hiram Bookstore in Hiram, GA. He is published by Tate Publishing, Kindle Direct Publishing and Vabella Publishing. He is also a member of the nationally known ACFW, American Christian Fiction Writers, The Christian Author’s Guild, where he holds the position as Vice President, He is a member of the Paulding County Writers Guild, and the local chapter of ACFW, the New Life Writers Group. Some of his work has been published in the Georgia Backroads Magazine, the Paulding County Writer’s Guild Quarterly Publication, Relief Notes, the Christian Authors Guild’s newest book, released in 2014, and in the WAVE.

He has been a speaker at the Carrolton Writers Guild on “How to Build a Killer Book Trailer”, at the Murder Goes South Writers Conference on Marketing, at the Providence Christian School on “The Five Elements of a Mystery”, at the Christian Authors Guild on Marketing, Whitesmoke (a critique program), the Friends of the Library in Walton County, Georgia, and the Douglasville Writers Conference on Marketing.

Reviews

[Debbie Viscosi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Miss Bessie is an elderly woman living alone outside of Albany, Georgia. Wise beyond her years, she guides the residents with wit, humor, and grumpy grace. The new pastor of the Methodist Church, Timothy Wallace, learns early on that his greatest support and advocate will be Miss Bessie. In this charming and often humorous story, Miss Bessie mentors Pastor. The true beauty of their relationship is the manner in which she makes a point. She is cunning in how she asks Preacher for help and then while he is helping her, he learns a life lesson. This is exactly how we should all teach lessons, with sensitivity to the person, not teaching by humiliation.

The book takes us back to a time when life was challenging but we all tried to help each other. Passing down a legacy was more important that how much you were left. Bessie was opinionated but never to a fault and generous beyond measure. This is one of the Southern fiction books that you read and are left with a warm glow. Bryan M. Powell knows how to tell a story with all the charm of the South.