Böcker av Laura Hunter

Giving up is never the thing to do, hang in there and you'll get through. Being confused is just an illusion to keep you from your conclusion. Getting on the right track can be hard to do, but there are others out there that feel the same way you do. God loves you, and that's something you have to know before you can start to grow. When we worry about the wrong things in life, sometimes we get into a lot of strife. You might say, "Here I go again with some of the same old stuff." Sometimes life gets a little rough, but if you hang in there it'll make you tough. When death comes is not the ending, it just takes you to your new beginning. You think you are alone, but that's not true. When you get on your job that God sent you here to do, Jesus will be right there to carry you. There's a new life waiting for you, so just sit down, and fill out your application, and pledge to do better in your situations.

As a timid biracial girl growing up in Sweetwater, Alabama during the 1960s, Margaret AnnOdom's childhood was all but pleasant. Constantly targeted by her peers due to her differenttexture of hair, and struggling to live up to her M'dear's expectations, Margaret's life becomesworse when Claire Whitehurst appears at her home insisting she is due for a sudden medicalexamination and a series of injections. Thinking her life couldn't get any worse, her entirechildhood spirals out of control as she faces depression and struggles to learn the value of her lifeamongst those intent on treating her differently.

There's a certain energy in the South...that feeling that you can't get anywhere else. Thepeople, the language, the land-they all lend themselves to rich, unforgettable stories.Laura Hunter is a master storyteller who captures not only the romance of life in theSouth, but also the pain and grittiness. The stories in this collection give glimpses into thelives of fascinating characters-stories of life, death, love, and loss, of dreams shattered andhopes rebuilt. Through it all, Hunter weaves a common thread that remains with thereader long after the book is closed. Containing award-winning stories, such as:¿ Moon Shadows Dancing - Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Award¿ A Widow's Mite - Patricia Boatner Award; Tennessee Mountain Writers¿ She (Carter's Woman) - H E Francis Award; University of Alabama, HuntsvilleCampus, Harriet Arnow Award for Short Stories - Appalachian Writers Association¿ Waiting for the Pink - Hackney Award; Birmingham Southern College

A story of the lives of three women, tightly woven together and surviving the harsh societal environment of an Appalachian mining town in the early to mid-1900s. Two religions contrast with each other-the Cherokee spirits of the native people and the Old Testament God of the white settlers-as each woman struggles to find her place. Love and hate, marriage and adultery, childbirth and abortion, all have their parts to play. Beloved Mother accurately portrays the evilness in humanity, in which the wicked corrupt the innocent to create a vicious cycle of abuse, until one person-with a heart of understanding and forgiveness-has the courage to end it.