Coming to forgiveness
Subtitle: a daughter's story of race, rage, and religion
By: Ronita Johnson
Publisher: Ronita Johnson & Associates Publishing Company
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Pleasanthill, Ca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9780984810949
Subjects: Race relations; Rape; Religion; Relations raciales; Religion (discipline)
Notes: San Francisco becomes a most cherished memory when, in 1953 six-year old Ronita realizes she is living with a zealot as a father in bigoted Minden, Louisiana. Her father imposes an assignment on her to live up to his unbending standards of perfection-- one she cannot meet no matter how hard she tries. Is it because of the terrible secret she harbors within? Maybe. But she soon discovers that the holy man has a secret too. Desperate to placate her father and be the "good" daughter, she begins a journey of deception hiding behind behaviors that mask her true self. Secrets, lies, desire and naiveté control Ronita's adolescence, until an anonymous letter addresses to her father on a cold day in February 1963 -- a letter with grave consequences that will forever after affect the choices she makes in her life. Set in a tumultuous time in American history, Coming to Forgiveness follows a daughter's love for her father as she grows up with religious fanaticism, hypocrisy, betrayal, and deceit. As a result, she searches for worthiness and acceptance in all the wrong places, until she stumbles on a most remarkable hidden treasure. -- Back Cover.
Table of contents: title: The Blue Curtain; title: Family Migration; title: Hunter's Point; title: Mom's Way of Loving; title: Spotlight; title: What's Cush?; title: Shattered Innocence; title: Being Called; title: Mother Dear & Bud; title: Robert; title: Walter and Mary Lou; title: Juanita; title: Eggs in One Basket; title: Until Death Do Us Part; title: Reality; title: Southern Welcome; title: My Assignment; title: Until the Sun Goes Down; title: No Sense To Me; title: Namesake; title: Old McDonald; title: Bad Daddy; title: Unpredictable; title: Skin Color; title: First Death; title: Heaven and Hell; title: Dusting Myself Off; title: I Got The Spirit; title: The System; title: Transition; title: The Temple; title: Who Needs Numbers?; title: Mrs. O'Neal; title: Knee Baby; title: We Rich!; title: Touching Myself; title: A Family Affair; title: Disneyland; title: Devil Music; title: Budding; title: White is the Magic Color; title: Seven-Up; title: Fresh Oranges; title: Exploring; title: Grandma Cargo; title: God's Talking; title: The Rally; title: Taking a Risky Stand; title: Angel Without Wings; title: Stumbling into Life; title: Brother and Sister; title: The Price of Belonging; title: Little Princess; title: Mr. Physical Fitness; title: Pearls; title: The Plan; title: The Letter; title: Murphy; title: Broken; title: Residue; title: Lost Footing; title: Mack; title: Filling New Spaces; title: Not An Ordinary Day; title: Thin Veil of Life and Death; title: When Dreams Come True; title: Tender Trust; title: Plucked; title: Debutante Blues; title: Waltzing on Air; title: Stunned; title: Separation; title: Confusion; title: Fitting In; title: Struggling; title: Shockwaves; title: More Than Tennis; title: Doomed; title: Illusions of Love; title: The Pact; title: Confession; title: Quincy Fullerton; title: Tiny Ambers Flame; title: Under a Spell; title: Beliefs Under Fire; title: Anticipation; title: Soul Mate; title: Rose Colored Glasses; title: HUH; title: Legal; title: Freedom's Bounty; title: Showing Off; title: Moving On Up; title: Disappearing Act; title: Integrity; title: Roaring Rapids; title: Slow Death; title: Unbearable Ache; title: Shame; title: Wet Wings; title: In the River's Flow; title: Chillin; title: Balancing Act; title: Two Birds -One Stone; title: Brittle Success; title: Old Wound; title: Devil on Earth; title: Explosions; title: Fool's Paradise; title: Breathe Again; title: Out of Nowhere; title: Seasons Change; title: Tyranny of Death; title: Stillness; title: Enough; title: Illumination; title: Epilogue; title: Acknowledgments.