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Proud and Gentle Folk was written by LuWanda M. Cheney who was born March 8, 1940. Her mother was Betty Overbay, daughter of Albert Vattell Overbay and Lucinda Mae (Thomas) Overbay. Albert and Mae (as Lucinda was called) had twelve children. Two died of diphtheria in the 1920s, leaving Vat, Leon, Robert, Roy, Bess, Betty, Alberta, Ralph, Marisla (Bones) and Edward. Between them, they had many children. In the early 70s, Mae, who was called Gra...

Secrets is written for adults. It is blunt, irreverent, and shocking. Every town has its secrets. Rock Point, a small town on the East coast, is no different. Sometimes, whispered, unsettling secrets seep out to be carried on the wind, the unseen poison spreading like a disease. It's Summer 1951. Eleven-year-old Webster happens upon her mother's secret-that's when she gets to thinking that if Mama, of all people, has a secret this big, other...

When six-year-old Lucinda suffers horrendous abuse, her mind splinters, and she dissociates so that she doesn't have to deal with the pain. As memories reappear, like flashes of lightning in a black sky, she writes them down, and realizes that she is broken. Like a jigsaw puzzle with pieces missing, she must put herself back together. "Rarely does one read the horrendous experience of a child and still feel the need to finish the story. Thi...