About OPAL: Spirit of a Woman:
* New Release * In Honor of Women’s History Month
On the day she was born, fate had already determined her destiny. A destiny fraught with abandonment, want, faith, and reward.
You see, this was still “The Great Depression,” and the screen door her family was shivering and sweltering behind was that same old door attached to the same old “Sharecropper Shanty” they’d started out in. But for Opal, the decision to head to California during those difficult days or stay and ‘tough things out’ was what we call nowadays: ‘a no-brainer.’ Some refer to it as ‘frontier spirit,’ or ‘the will to go on.’ Whatever you choose to label it; in her case – those principles were simply the foundation on which she chose to live out her life. Then, after having whisked away all those “Dust Bowl” gales – she began to pay all that survivor’s grit forward. Time after time through the years; into decades – she answered the call to serve others. Never mind their beliefs or their station in life, so long as the end result was to benefit those who were suffering the most.
“OPAL: Spirit of a Woman” is the story of Mary Opal Fetters/George; a courageous woman who lost her mother to childbirth at the tender age of seven, was sold into bondage by a father who no longer wanted her, and forced into child labor in another state for many years. In spite of all the odds stacked against her – she championed a legacy of grace. This is her story.
Written by: Kevin Heaton
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Author Bio:
Kevin Heaton hikes, lives and writes in Yucca Valley, California. His work has appeared in over 400 print and online journals including: Guernica, Beloit Poetry Journal, Rattle, The Adroit Journal, and Raleigh Review, (search: Kevin Heaton Poems) and has been selected “Best of the Net.” He is a three-time Pushcart Prize nominee. “Where’s Chuckawalla Bill’s Cabin?” was his first Nonfiction offering.
“OPAL: Spirit of a Woman,” his latest memoir, is the true story of Opal Fetters/George. An amazing tale of abuse, faith, and survival set in Kansas and Oklahoma during the “Great Depression,” and beyond.
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