Bøger af Lorraine Jenkins-Wilkes

First Ladies Voice is a collection of short stories told by multi-talented Author Lorraine Jenkins-WilkesLorraine does it again with her writing style. The Title portrays voices of the Pastor Wives the First Ladies of Black Churches. Lorraine dares to expose the delusion that marrying a Pastor will be like living in a castle with happier ever after. People are not aware of the opposition; first ladies face, being married to the Pastor. Deprived of using her voice.Read how Tina in chapter hides her husband's embarrassing secret.Be prepared for a roller coaster ride of emotions. Please read about the Pastor Wife able to take control of her life after the tragedy of family. Others suffered disrespect from their husband and members of the church.Do you want to know what it is like to be the most influential woman in the church and have no strength?, read the dynamic Testimonials firsthand from first ladies under pressure to be perfect and keep quiet when danger was present. Each Lady was different. The goal of the book is to expose the myth of happily ever after as a First Lady of the Church. Travel into their worlds and feel what they feel.

Author of Forever Home, Lorraine Jenkins-Wilkes writes another compelling story of survival. At age thirty, Vilma has experienced two failed marriages, involving domestic abuse. Unable to decide on a method of suicide, she runs instead, leaving Baltimore, Maryland. She moves to North Carolina having to start life over again. Surviving hard times was all she was accustomed to. However, her new reality would be even harder since she was now responsible to take care of her child. How does she manifest a life of peace and joy, with such a great responsibility and trying to deal with her own personal issues? Courage to Change will take you through Vilma's unstable emotions of twist and turns. Journey with Vilma as she tries to figure out life on her own terms and time frame.