Hold on Kids!
“Hold On kids” is the last book of the trilogy about author Beverley Clarkson’s family. The vignettes are events occurring over time – from elementary, junior, senior high school and college with the author and her brothers.
Many of the narratives could easily stand alone, like short stories. In the author’s thinking, that is befitting. The stories are certainly not your everyday, common occurrence in the typical lives of children. Some are quirky, as kids try to make sense of the world, they live in. Others are tragic and left indelible routes in their life’s journeys.
The foundations of those experiences were essential to the people they became, casting lifelong nettings of doubt and hope over their lives.
For 40 years, Beverley Clarkson was a teacher, school administrator and director of schools. Since retirement, she has pursued her lifelong passion of writing. Her first book, “It’s of No Consequence,” was greatly received and tore into the hearts of its readers. Comments attributed to this book include: “Amazing story, beautifully written;” “I was mesmerized and could not put it down;” “I just finished your book with tears in my eyes….”
Her new book, “Rightfully Hers,” is the second book of a trilogy about her family. Beverley shares the stage of this book with her mother’s writings from her childhood. Both women were born in Jamaica, B.W.I. and came to America when Beverley was a child. The author lived in Indiana and now resides in California. She is a graduate of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana and received her master’s degree from Pepperdine University in Los Angeles.
She is married to husband, Clarence, and they celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary on a Viking Cruise last year. Their daughter, son-in-law, Foreign Exchanged daughter and family joined them in Spain for the beginning of this celebration. Two grandchildren, a niece in Los Angeles with a family in Atlanta, complete this union.