The World Outside Our Door Contributor(s): Hawkins, Elizabeth (Author) |
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ISBN: 1480848891 ISBN-13: 9781480848894 Publisher: Archway Publishing OUR PRICE: $16.14 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Family & Relationships | Parenting - Parent & Adult Child - Biography & Autobiography |
Physical Information: 0.48" H x 6" W x 9" (0.68 lbs) 226 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Family |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: It has been five days since her father's death, and Liz still feels frozen in time. Left with twenty-one years of memories, Liz knows that John Frederick Smith was not a perfect man or father. She loved her father, but his drinking had always been a source of resentment. As she attempts to grapple with her grief and anger, Liz returns to her memories with the hope of finding the answers she so desperately needs. Sixty-nine years earlier, little Fred Smith is born out-of-wedlock in the small town of Southport, North Carolina. As his life's journey leads him from Southport to Virginia and then into the military, he eventually marries and starts a family. Still, he cannot escape the cloud of shame and rejection that secretly haunts him, sending his life in a downward trajectory that ultimately affects the lives of his children and grandchildren and leaves him wondering if he will ever find the inner-peace he craves. In this poignant novel, the past intertwines with the present as an illegitimate child born during the early 1900s embarks on a dark journey fueled by a secret that creates generational challenges. |