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(More customer reviews)Weeping Willows Dance will gently pull readers into the
recession of 1929 where abuse, poverty, suffering, and
above all, the depth of faith in the Almighty God, are
key elements in the life of Mozelle Parker. This gripping
tale about her plight will saddle readers' hearts and
penetrate their souls.
One thing Mozelle knows is that she does not want a husband,
children, or farm life. With 11 siblings, she already spends
her days performing like a mother. So, it is quite a shock
for her when on a warm Sunday morning she looks fleetingly
at her destiny when a dashingly handsome man makes something
in her flutter. At age 15, against her parent's wishes,
Mozelle is briefly courted and wedded to Randell Tate, 22
years her senior. She leaves home with the message that
Randell is her husband for life no matter how rough times
get. Mozelle wants to blame the Great Depression on the
jeckel/hyde person her husband becomes. But in truth,
she was too young to know and understand what caused his
change.
The writer introduces several secondary characters, and as
necessary as these characters were to the story, they
remained secondary; appropriately stopped at their boundaries.
This is a riveting, haunting story that underlines Mozelle's
struggles to rise above the tragic place where she is lodged.
No one told her that her life was going to be easy, but the
life of drudgery as sharecroppers did not prepare her for the
backbreaking struggle of her own life to survive. She knew
whatever she got out of life she would have to work hard for
it. She didn't think she should have to do it alone when she
had an able-bodied husband; but that was the bed she'd made.
Like the weeping willow tree on a breezy day, she stood her
ground against all obstacles that came her way, proving just
how strong she was. She would let nothing and no one keep her
from her goal.
This was a personal story for Ms. Mallette and as she writes,
her words literally dance across the pages. Pick up a copy of
Weeping Willows Dance and share a true family saga. This is my
first book by Gloria Mallette, but without a doubt, I will
find and read her other works. This story begged to be told
and this book deserves to be read. I wanted to give this book
a rating higher than five.
Reviewed by aNN Brown
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In 1929, thirteen-year-old Mozelle already knew that she did not want to grow up to be like her mama---a sharecropper's wife. Mozelle did not want to get married and, for certain, she did not want twelve children. She didn't even want one child. Mozelle dreamed of getting a good job, of buying herself a car, and of traveling across country a carefree woman---nobody and nothing hanging onto her skirt tail. That is until tall, dark, handsome Randell Tate, twenty-two years Mozelle's senior, showed up in church that fateful Sunday morning, winked at her and threw Mozelle's world off balance. She fell under Randell's spell and her once imagined dreams for her future were no more. Three months later they wed and Randell carried Mozelle across the threshold into The Great Depression. As one child became four Mozelle saw that Randell was not the man she thought she married. Against all odds, Mozelle set her sights on buying a piece of land and building a house to put a roof over their heads. To realize that dream, Mozelle was going to have to squirrel away her pennies and in the end, build her house with her own two hands---husband or not. l Abiding by her parents' teachings, Mozelle stays loyal and faithful in her marriage to Randell, although Randell holds no vow sacred. The hard bed that Mozelle's father had warned that she had made for herself by marrying Randell, became less and less comfortable to sleep in, but Mozelle found comfort in turning to the Lord to see her through the storm. Mozelle is every woman who squares her shoulders and vows to rise above a bad marriage and the excruciating poverty that binds her. Blessed with true grit and a strong backbone, Mozelle stands her ground and sways with the breeze of disappointment and the winds of deprivation. Mozelle's determination and her unshakeable faith in God, like the supple branches of the weeping willow tree are strong and unbreakable, thereby proving that Weeping Willows Dance.
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