Blessed Serenity
Author | : Cloteal A. Fitzpatrick |
Publisher | : Dorrance Publishing |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2017-10-11 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781480953239 |
ISBN-13 | : 1480953237 |
Rating | : 4/5 (39 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Blessed Serenity By: Cloteal A. Fitzpatrick Cloteal A. Fitzpatrick’s Blessed Serenity tells a heart-wrenching and compelling story of her life and that of her mother, Bernice McClinton. The book covers family history, such as her grandfather George running away to become a professional pitcher with the Negro Baseball League; the attempted lynching of her great-grandfather Johnnie; and her great-great-grandfather Sargent Kane McClellan’s battle against Civil War General Nathan Bedford Forrest. All in all, Cloteal provides the reader with a passionate family memoir of love, deep abiding faith, forgiveness, and redemption.