The Making of Isaac Hunt"On an ordinary afternoon in last October I discovered the truth about me." ~Isaac Hunt, blue eyed fair-skinned black man upon learning that's he's been living a lie.Isaac is determined to uncover the truth about the birthmother he never knew. He's tired of living a lie.
His desperate search for the truth takes him to Pettigrew. This small town ruled by the powerful white Benson family is shrouded in secrets—secrets about Isaac that some townspeople are willing to kill for.
Will he find his real identity—or just a whole lot of trouble?
Listen. Learn. Love.
Carla Celine "Cee Cee" Johnson has been living a life of her own making. Success hasn't come easy to her. She's made it with her own sweat—and one big lie. But every lie has an end.
Cee Cee has avoided Pettigrew, her hometown. It's represented nothing but poverty and hate. But after near-fatal brushes with fate, the celebrated TV reporter is forced to face her pride and deception.
Can she forgive her father, the man who sought for many years to destroy her dreams? Her destiny is in the hands of a handsome white playwright and his friend, Isaac Hunt.
Contemporary Fiction: Southern styleAs a kid I loved reading. Living in rural North Carolina meant limited access to library books, but there was always the book mobile each summer.When I wasn't reading, I was creating my own stories. From the wild animals that roamed the swamp around our home to the tall tales my father told around the dinner table, I was blessed on every side with material for my writing.
Today, my stories have grown up to include more adult topics like racial reconciliation and social justice. Tucked inside each tale are echoes of humor and romance. This is southern fiction, after all.
For Readers
Fiction that heals.
In 1996 I started writing my first novel, The Making of Isaac Hunt, to help Christians better relate to the principles of racial reconciliation. In 1997 my husband and I moved our highly-educated selves into the “rough” part of town around BTM, striving to live out one of the three Rs of Christian community development: relocation.
For Reconcilers
Reading for reconciliation yet?
Here's where you'll find links to other websites and nonfiction books. These resources offer a wealth of reading information on racial issues from a biblical viewpoint. While you on this website, please be sure to read my reading for reconciliation blog posts.
For Writers
It's time you started writing.
I’ve been writing for publication since 1996. My first published works were magazine and newsletter articles. My first novel didn’t get published until 2006 (I started on it ten years before that). Even though I had always been an A student in English (in high school and college), I struggled with writing my first work of long fiction.
