Natasha Owens, Author

Natasha Owens

I [Natasha Owens] am a Southern girl at heart. I love the Lord, my kids, soul music, fried fish on Fridays, and collard greens on Sundays. I struggle with my weight. I hate to lose anything. I lose the weight and then I go back and get it! My bad eyesight is attributed to reading in the dark as a child, after being told to go to bed. I took the traditional route and went to college, earning my master’s degree. One day my hubby and soul mate Ken told me that I should pursue my dream of writing. I heard him but did not take heed at the time for fear of failure. Who wants to fail at something truly desired?

For my thirty-third birthday Ken gave me and one of my dear friends a trip to New York to see the play, The Color Purple. The night before the play, I talked to my husband on the phone and told him what a great time I was having in Times Square. He called again later, as he always did, when I was away, to ensure we had made it safely back to our hotel. That Saturday , as I prepared to walk out of the hotel to see the play, I received the worse call of my life. My hubby of 14 years -- the man I totally adored with every fiber of my being -- was killed in a boating accident near our Florida home. It’s a pain that I will never get over but I know that I must get on with living the remainder of the life Jesus has given to me. I decided to face my fears and live out my dreams. Writing is my passion and God- given gift. It is something I do simply for pleasure and as an escape to another place. When I look back over my life I want to have many full, well-written, and abundantly lived chapters.

And one of those chapters is writing my debut novel, Airing Grandma’s Laundry and other hush hush family secrets.

Airing Grandma's Laundry and Other Hush Hush Family Secrets
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Paperback: 122 pages
Publisher: Penfire Publishing Incorporated (September 16, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0979848903
ISBN-13: 978-0979848902
Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.3 inches

Have you ever wanted to step back in time to see what your grandparents and other relatives were like in their youth? Maybe answer some of those questions you dare not ask like? Why is it that Uncle Jack and Aunt Honey have seperate bedrooms? What is the hostility between Grandma Lula and Choir Director Mrs. Fay Wallace Harrison about? Why does cousin Grace look different from the other relatives? What happened to Country Red and the county line? Where did Uncle E.J. run off to under the cover of night? Between the covers of this book, each of the sheets will reveal some of the secrets ... Airing Grandma's Laundry

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