Face in the Mirror
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.40 (518 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 069238927X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 246 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-28 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
. JT is equal parts project manager, author, community builder, and social activist. She now works as a business consultant through Infoworks, Inc. based in Nashville, Tennessee. Since then she has written several short stories and poems. In 1980, she moved back to the USA to continue her education in Alabama, her family’s state of origin. Her most provocative work is a novel, Face in the Mirror, inspired by her personal story of growing up as the lesbian daughter of Southern Baptist mi
Her primary interest is in building community by helping women find their voices through sharing stories. The oldest daughter of Southern Baptist missionaries, she enjoyed experiencing the beauty of the African landscape, the charm of local customs, and the spiritual connection she felt in the people. . Her most provocative work is a novel, Face in the Mirror, inspired by her personal story of growing up as the lesbian daughter of Southern Baptist missionaries. She now works as a business consultant through Infoworks, Inc. When sh
American by birth and raised in Africa by her Christian missionary parents, Emily lives in a world of contradictions. Emily’s religious background doesn’t permit her to have the growing feelings she has toward women, so she tries to fit in with what her mother and her perception of God wants her to be. She feels out of step in the US when she returns to attend college, but even more so, she feels out of place in her own skin. Surrounded by mixed messages of love and fear, spiritual connection and strident doctrine, Emily bravely navigates her way from rejection to acceptance of her authentic self and finds her role in life, family and the church.. Face in the Mirror is the story of a girl’s passage out of childhood in the African bush into the jungle of life as a lesbian, American
Dee Ann Miller said A Fan from Long Ago. Nobody could be happier to find this book! Though I didn't have time to get to know this "niece" of mine well before she left for college, I've felt the day might come when I would be able to fully validate the person she has always been. That day has arrived. Less than a decade after J. T.'s departure. Realizing and accepting your sacred space Amazing book of self acceptance and spiritual growth. The path of self discovery and leaning to love yourself unconditionally is a process of letting go of your parental and social beliefs. In this letting go, it frees up this space to embrace who you really are. Your path and purpose await you.. yet she shows a great deal of mercy and grace writing even about those STAN O-H Though a work of fiction, the kind heartedness of the author is ever so evident as she writes the story of a young woman whose internal self never quite matched up with the expectations of the world around her. JT Collins put her character in the midst of real life, much of what she must have experienc