Recalling My Beginnings: the Kentucky Years

Vana Plaisance recalls her childhood memories, with vivid details on her family's history, and her happy, loving marriage. Themes on faith, Christian values, healing, and love punctuate the narrative, creating an enchanting piece. Deep emotional landscapes of characters are skillfully captured in the reading. With the author's emotional descriptions and physical descriptions, readers can easily connect with each emotion. This is an emotionally powerful testament, an exceptional read. The author also does not shy away from speaking truthfully about painful experiences seen as a child, and recalls traumatic experiences in graphic detail. The author has a nice, clean, simple writing style. Very readable. Lovely. Poetic in places. Author Bio: Vana J. Plaisance is a former award-winning newspaper journalist. She lives with her husband, Francis, in Abbeville, Louisiana. Since 1997, she has taught English and Publications at Delcambre High School, located in a shrimping town near the Gulf of Mexico.