Heaven Is a Beautiful Place: A Memoir of the South Carolina by Genevieve C. Peterkin,Lee G. Brockington,William P. Baldwin

By Genevieve C. Peterkin,Lee G. Brockington,William P. Baldwin

Born in 1928 within the small coastal city of Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, Genevieve “Sister” Peterkin grew up with international warfare II bombing perform in her entrance backyard, deep-sea fishing expeditions, and younger rambles during the lowcountry. She shared her bed room with a recognized ghost and an impatient older sister. yet so much of all she listened. She absorbed the stories of her proficient mom and her liked good friend, listened to the tales of the region’s older citizens, a few of them former slaves, who have been her acquaintances, acquaintances, and teachers.

In this re-creation she once more stocks with readers her insider’s wisdom of the lowcountry plantations, gardens, and seashores that at the present time draw such a lot of viewers. underneath the humor, hauntings, and treasures of neighborhood historical past, she tells one other, deeper story—one that bargains with the fight for racial equality within the South, with the occasionally painful adventures of marriage and parenthood, and with internal struggles for religion and popularity. This variation incorporates a new foreword by way of coastal author and researcher Lee G. Brockington and a brand new afterword through coauthor and lowcountry novelist William P. Baldwin.

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