The third book of my family heritage trilogy, A Sense of Presiding Goodness, is now available on Amazon. There is a link at the bottom of this post that will take you to the Amazon site where you can order the book if you so desire. It also lets you see inside the book and read a preview, which is a neat feature. I could not figure out how to get an image of the book cover, so below is the same scan of the proof-copy I used last month. Below the photo is a bit more about the book that includes the text on the back cover.

My first two books were about my parents and grandparents. This book is my story, the story of my first attempt to build a satisfying adult life. It begins where my second book leaves off and ends just after my fortieth birthday. Below is the text on the back cover of the book:

“In 1955, seventeen-year-old Loretta Willems flew to Japan to marry a nineteen-year-old boy she had only known three weeks before he left for a two-year tour of duty with the Air Force. She had just graduated from high school, and she felt her decision was both mature and practical. To her, marriage, children and a home of her own were what life was all about, and she did not want to lose out on the opportunity the boy’s proposal presented. She was on the threshold of adult life, and she was eager to get started.

The marriage story is not the only one this book tells. Behind and around it is another story, one that provides the context for that young marriage, a story of wrestling with a religious heritage that carried both blessing and curse.”

Below is a link to the book: https://www.amazon.com/Sense-Presiding-Goodness-Loretta-Willems/dp/B0CW3DHJ1H/