“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 […]
Three generations of women born from the same ancestral line; yet separated by vastly different and inequitable life experiences. Beverley, the youngest, was raised in the U.S. during the late 40’s and 50’s in a relatively stable middle-class home. She never knew abandonment or isolation. She never knew the scratchy feeling of itchy burlap next to her skin, or the […]
Three generations of women born from the same ancestral line; yet separated by vastly different and inequitable life experiences. Beverley, the youngest, was raised in the U.S. during the late 40’s and 50’s in a relatively stable middle-class home. She never knew abandonment or isolation. She never knew the scratchy feeling of itchy burlap next to her skin, or the […]