Just
Out of Reach
by
Belinda Stevens
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BLURB:
When
high school freshman Katherine Boyd meets David, her life is forever
altered. Their romance experiences the turmoil of Mississippi in the
sixties, family relationships that keep them apart, and political
differences that threaten to destroy them. Through the death of JFK
and James Meredith s admission to Ole Miss, Katherine s growth means
being progressive in a traditional Southern family, accepting the
loss of those closest to her, and learning to cope with her family s
darkest secrets. Just Out of Reach is the story of a young woman
forged in desperate times and a love that changes her life forever.
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Excerpt
January
17, 1961
There
are certain events in life that leave a line of demarcation, the
beginning of things, the ending of something else. For me, meeting
David was that line.
It all
began my freshman year at lancaster High. What amazed me about the
year 1961 was that my feelings for David emerged at the exact moment
I became isolated from the soul of my town, my birthplace. I was
apart from all that I knew or understood. It all happened so fast
that I felt split, like some multiple personality separating into
many different identities.
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AUTHOR
Bio and Links:
Belinda
J. Stevens was born in Yazoo City, Mississippi, the gateway to the
Mississippi Delta, in 1948. She grew up in the turbulent sixties, and
has a true appreciation for the difficulties experienced Katherine in
her first novel, "Just Out of Reach".
An
attorney by profession, Belinda tells the story of young love and
dark secrets in the turbulent Sixties. Inspired by her own
experiences as a Yazoo City High School student, Belinda writes about
the impact President Kennedy's assassination, James Meredith's
integration of the University of Mississippi and the Vietnam War had
on one young Mississippi woman.
Belinda
is a graduate of Belhaven University and earned a Masters in Social
Science and a Law Degree from Mississippi College. From 1987-1997 she
served as Special Assistant to Mississippi Attorney General Mike
Moore.
Belinda
resides in Brandon, Mississippi with her dog Humprey B., and
practices law in Yazoo City where she is a Public Defender
LINKS:
www.belindastevens.com
www.facebook.com/belindastevensauthor
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