Living Separate Lives Virtual Book Tour
With
Paulette Harper
December
2-13, 2013
Genre:
Christian Fiction, Novella
ASIN:
B00GLF5BW0 $2.99
ISBN: 978-0989969109
$9.00
Publisher:
Thy Word Publishing (November 10, 2013)
Pages:
148
Four
Friends, One Secret and The Weekend That Changed Their Destiny
Candace Walker, Kaylan Smith, Jordan
Tate, and Tiffany Thomas have their share of sorrows, but neither of them
realizes how deep the sorrow goes. What
happens when they agree to meet for a weekend of relaxation in beautiful Napa
County? Which one will leave the same or worse?
For Candace Walker, life has left her
battered and bruised. Kaylan Smith has
struggled with prejudice
Although they have been friends for
years, they thought they knew each other well. But will a secret destroy their
relationship and bring the sisterhood to a complete halt? Will they be able to
forgive and allow God to mend that which might be torn?
Book Excerpt:
“Who
cares anyway if I die? I hate my life; I curse the day I was born,” said
Candace as she rolled out of her twin bed to face yet another day of sheer
disappointments. Her feet landed on the beige, shaggy, dirty carpet that had
seen better days. As she sat on the edge
of her bed, she looked around the small apartment as though she was expecting
to see something different, but nothing had changed.
“Lord, can I get a break? Can something good happen in my life?”
she cried as her head collapsed in her hands. She
knew within herself that today would be like all the rest: gloomy, sad, and
most of all, lonely. After all she had experienced in life, how could she think
today would be any different?
Candace
lived in a small studio apartment off of School Street in the city of
Pittsburg, California, a city surrounded by the beautiful San Francisco Bay
Area. Her apartment had enough room for
only one dresser and a nightstand, which she got at the neighborhood Goodwill
store.
The
walls of her apartment were dirty from years of cigarette smoke that didn’t
escape out of the window. Her kitchen table was made of plywood, which she
covered with a red tablecloth. The table was encompassed by two chairs, one for
her and the other one she had hoped would be occupied by someone who genuinely
wanted to be with her. The blue and cream décor in her kitchen came from
visiting the neighborhood garage sales.
Her neighbors knew her so well because of the frequent visits she made
to their sales. Although Candace always had a roof over her head, she did not
like the environment in which she lived. After looking intently at her dwelling
place, she lay back on her bed and stared at the ceiling. Her thoughts shifted
from her disappointing apartment to her anger about the issues she had to deal
with, problems that had been with her for years, issues with her family.
Since
high school, life was hard for Candace. Almost every decision she made never
retuned a good dividend. The men in her life came and went, except for
Derrick. He stayed the longest, but his
bout with kidney failure ended whatever dreams she had of getting out of what
she called the “ghetto.” Derrick was her sure ticket to a better life, she’d
hoped. The only consolation to his memory was the pictures on the stained walls
and a locket she wore around her neck.
Candace
grew up with both parents and two siblings. Her sister, Monique, was three
years younger than her; her brother, Zach, was two years younger. Candace
always felt that she got the worse end of the stick when it came to Monique.
Monique was light-skinned with long, black, wavy hair, which belonged to her,
by the way. Candace’s skin tone was a few shades darker
than Monique’s. She was short in stature, five feet, three inches tall, to be
exact. She wore her hair down and straight, although it mostly contained black
hair extensions, which she bought from the neighborhood beauty supply store.
Monique
was the image of her mother, minus a few inches of hair. She stood five feet,
eleven inches with a small frame; she could have been chosen as America’s Next
Top Model. But Monique decided to study law, passing the bar on her first
attempt; she then started her own practice and moved it to Los Angeles. Monique and her parents could not figure out
why Candace didn’t make more of herself. To them, Candace was merely existing
and taking up space. They wrote Candace
off years ago.
About The Author
Paulette Harper is an award-winning and
best-selling author. She is the owner of Write Now Literary Virtual Book Tours
and is passionate about helping authors succeed in publishing and marketing
their books. Paulette has been writing and publishing books since 2008. Paulette is the author of That Was Then, This
is Now, Completely Whole and The Sanctuary. Her articles have appeared on-line
and in print.
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