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Redemption: One Woman's Dream to Overcome Oppression: Find Family, Love, and Forgiveness
Greed is invisible until you see the damage it inflicts on innocent children. One Woman's Dream to Overcome Oppression, Find Family, Love, and Forgiveness exposes raw images of families caught between social lines when federal funds, intended to trickle down from corporate landowners never makes it into the hands of tenant farmers.
When agriculture was the bedrock of the American economy, families, suddenly penniless lost nearly everything in historic floods, bank failures, political and social annihilation. But at their core, one family would not let catastrophes defeat them.Adele Christina Dawson, the oldest stepchild of an imbittered farmer, is suddenly thrust into adulthood when her mother dies giving birth to a 10th child.
At 15 years of age, Adele is the blended family’s only hope to keep the family intact, raise the infant, tend to her stepsisters, and become the teen matriarch. But Adele has other plans. She wants an education, and a life beyond poverty. She remembers her life as the young daughter of a once-wealthy coal owner, and she intends to find a way back to West Virginia, despite her stepsister’s efforts to keep her from leaving. The more intentional she becomes, the more she learns she is living with a man who knows the real story behind her father’s death.
“Beautifully written.” “Engaging from page one.”
When agriculture was the bedrock of the American economy, families, suddenly penniless lost nearly everything in historic floods, bank failures, political and social annihilation. But at their core, one family would not let catastrophes defeat them.Adele Christina Dawson, the oldest stepchild of an imbittered farmer, is suddenly thrust into adulthood when her mother dies giving birth to a 10th child.
At 15 years of age, Adele is the blended family’s only hope to keep the family intact, raise the infant, tend to her stepsisters, and become the teen matriarch. But Adele has other plans. She wants an education, and a life beyond poverty. She remembers her life as the young daughter of a once-wealthy coal owner, and she intends to find a way back to West Virginia, despite her stepsister’s efforts to keep her from leaving. The more intentional she becomes, the more she learns she is living with a man who knows the real story behind her father’s death.
“Beautifully written.” “Engaging from page one.”
285 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 27, 2019
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July 28, 2022
I really enjoyed this book. I am from WV and this summer I have fallen in love with the town of Bramwell, WV; which is talked about in this book.
January 7, 2021
This is an amazing story of greed and the impact it had on families, especially the children during the Depression. Tough story about harsh family members at first, but it brings the reader to a much happier place when neighbors pitch in to help. Great set up for the sequel. Amazon rates it 4.7
April 7, 2020
Disappointing
The book was all over the place and the ending was so disappointing just stopped sorry I wanted money it
The book was all over the place and the ending was so disappointing just stopped sorry I wanted money it
May 1, 2021
More please, on Adele
Intellectual while heartwarming. You can feel each and every character in your soul. This is a story that should continue.
Intellectual while heartwarming. You can feel each and every character in your soul. This is a story that should continue.
August 3, 2021
Different
I really liked this book, I like books that make me experience all the emotions and this one was very successful.
I really liked this book, I like books that make me experience all the emotions and this one was very successful.
September 6, 2021
Excellent read by a local author (slow start but fantastic ending) 😍🎉💗🥳
December 8, 2021
Cannot wait for the sequel
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