ASIN: B07YCV568Y
Publisher: Mayshouse Press
Pages: 180
Mrs. Evelyn Guile is a centenarian to get to know. The vicissitudes of her journey can instruct us all, leaving an indelible imprint on us becoming better life navigators. This memoir illuminates the major events in a remarkable lady’s life during the turbulent years of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. She came from humble beginnings in Florence, South Carolina, on February 11, 1918, during the last year of World War I. With singular focus and drive, she survived the wars, the Depression, and the Jim Crow South. She embraced life with wisdom, love, compassion, and laughter, and along with her husband, Earl, raised a family with a strong focus on education, excellence, ethics, and achievement. During her 100-year odyssey, she accomplished much in the realm of civil rights and was a well-regarded seamstress, a teacher, a global traveler, and, foremost, a visual artist. This ...
