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Thirty-four-year old social worker, Kacee Robinson, runs a non-profit agency helping women and children move away from bad situations. Kacee moved away from her own bad situation years ago and pledged never to return to her hometown of Glendale, Texas, or to the mother who abandoned her right smack in the middle of her hateful pre-adolescent years—just when she needed her most.
Now it is Kacee’s mother who needs something from her. With the entire town rallying behind the cry, Kacee has a decision to make. She can put aside everything she thought she ever knew about this woman who made a feeble attempt at raising her, return to the town, and conduct the necessary business like the grown-up professional she knows she is. Or she can stand her ground, continuing to struggle with the nagging questions and residual scars of her childhood.
Before she can make a decision, Kacee fears her life may be in danger and a rapid turn of events prompts resolutions that cannot be undone, setting into motion a slide of events as slick as the oil-engendered family from which Kacee was born.
The echoes of the past reach out to her while in Glendale, grabbing on and not letting go as they wind her down a country road through pages of her mother’s journals and twisting her into an unexpected new fate from which she will never be the same.
Aunt Jackie rolled her eyes in mock annoyance, but it was clear she enjoyed his company. "You got it!" she said, matching his twinkle with hers. I heard the front door close, and it was just the two of us girls again. An old familiar feeling cast over me.
I followed her round figure to the back bedroom, admiring her thick curly hair as it swooshed from side to side, falling over the side of the wide neck of her housecoat.
She stepped aside at the threshold, and I stopped abruptly as I saw inside the room that had always been mine when I came to visit. She'd tidied up and put fresh linens on the bed, and sitting square in the middle was Bob the Unicorn, my prized possession and childhood confidante. The scene before me took me right back to my teenage years on a weekend getaway to her house. Time spent at Aunt Jackie's meant following none of Mom's rules and all of Jackie’s (which involved a lot of late, giggly nights and equal amounts of ice cream). Our days together stretched in sticky taffy ropes of brownies for breakfast and entire fall afternoons spent painting and napping, junk shopping and then creating the most fantastic art pieces out of that junk---just because.
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My publishing journey or how I became a published author…
I suppose my publishing journey dates all the way back to my childhood if I trace it back that far. If you asked me what I wanted to be when I was a little girl, I would have told you an author. However, life circumstances change us, and I took several winding paths down different roads. I don’t regret any of them, but it took me until I was fifty to find my way back. THE MEASURE OF ENOUGH is a five-year work in progress, going through countless revisions and starting as an idea and a series of journal entries. I had absolutely no idea what I was doing or any concept of industry standard and took a first draft to a conference, pitching it to agents. In retrospect, it was comical. After a few years and a hard talk with myself, I decided that self-publishing was the right route for this work. I’m used to being my own boss, running my own business, and felt this was something I’d like to delve into. It’s been a huge learning curve, but I’ve gleaned so much knowledge from others in this extremely welcoming author community. I hope the finished product is one that readers take into their hearts and embrace. And book number two is already in the works!
Deonna Kay is a native Texan, the proud mom of a young adult daughter, an over-sized dog, and the fuzziest cat you’ve ever seen. Her passion of writing began as a child and has carried over into her adult life. She is a business owner and loves to travel, particularly to Disney World. If you enjoyed THE MEASURE OF ENOUGH, please visit the author on her website to follow her future endeavors and updates
Website: http://www.deonnakay.com
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Sounds like an interesting story.
Sounds like a really interesting story.
The blurb sounds really good.
Thank you for hosting THE MEASURE OF ENOUGH today.