- Genre:biography & autobiography
- Sub-genre:Personal Memoirs
- Language:English
- Pages:207
- eBook ISBN:9781620953013
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Overview
Dodging Her Chariot grips the reader throughout with tears and laughter spanning the first
sixteen years of the author’s life in this first of a four book series.
Marie’s writing delivers a clear message that comes from her survival. No one who knows her well can miss the point that her personal relationship with Jesus stands in the center of her being and is the source of the courage to put these stories on paper. Yet you will not be flodded with that message; it too revealed with grace. I use that word in its two most common meanings to say that the reader will find a beautiful fluidity in her words and thoughts and the humbling mystery that brings one from the depths of agony to the heights of joy, forgiveness and love.
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Dodging Her Chariot is a fascinating memoir with strong writing throughout and highly developed, interesting characters. Ms.
Wakefield's mother is in fact so well drawn that I felt as if I knew her myself a few chapters into the story.
Protecting her siblings from a schizophrenic mother and an abusive, alcoholic step-father was sometimes beyond her, but she determined to keep them from the circumstances that stole her own earlier childhood. If you want to find an example of strength, foresight and love, you are definitely in the right place.
The author does a wondrous job of relating the many peculiar and traumatic events of her life growing up with this woman without ever coming across as overly bitter. It"s almost as if she is viewing events as an outsider looking in. It's the latter that actually gives this memoir the feel of a well-plotted novel. The book's design is clean, the chapters well titled, and the cover art appropriate for the story.
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