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It all takes place one summer in Summerville. Chanel - an African-American nanny with strength and determination, a heart full of love and a golden incisor - takes on the job of looking after Maurice and Becky - a couple of twelve-year-old white kids with more leisure time than sense. Becky's mom, Livvy, is rebounding from a divorce. Maurice's dad, Chet, is grieving from the death of his wife. Their painful recoveries from these losses in their former lives blind Livvy and Chet to their own romance until Livvy decides to move to Cincinnati. With Chanel as their catalyst and source of courage, Maurice and Becky devise a plan to open their parents' eyes to the fact that they have fallen in love. And in the process best pals Maurice and Becky become some kind of kin.
About the Author
Wilmot B. Irvin is a lawyer in private practice in Columbia, South Carolina. He and his wife, Jeannie, live on a farm in the predominantly rural Lower Richland community, where they raise children and animals. Over the years the couple has reared a son and two daughters, seven dogs, four cats, two goats, countless pigs, dozens of hens and roosters, and five horses. The author was born in 1950. A few years ago he earnestly (and furiously) began writing fiction and has now completed four novels. Jack's Passage, his first, was published in 2001. His second novel - There Is A River - was published in February 2002. The author's third work, The Storytellers, was released in late 2002. His fourth, Some Kind of Kin, is a novella published in 2004. Keen on traditional values, his fresh, clean works explore the depth and vitality of human relationships - particularly those within the family. Evil and faith, selfishness and love, loss and fulfillment, guilt and deliverance are themes that frequently find their way into his stories. Being a litigator for more than twenty-five years has influenced the author's writing, yet his books are not "lawyer fiction." Neither should his novels be labeled "Christian fiction," even though the author's faith clearly comes to life in his books. Call them instead evocative and colorful stories written about a variety of interesting people and their families - and how they come to terms with the unique challenges and opportunities life sends their way. The author may be reached at irvinlaw@scbar.org.
Some Kind of Kin: a novella,Wilmot B. Irvin,BookSurge Publishing,1594573093,Family & Relationships,Fiction,General,Literary,Family & Relationships / General,Wilmot B. Irvin
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