Yesterday's Eyes (Urban Books)

By Catherine Flowers

Description:

When Ida is sent to prison for the negligent homicide of her infant son, her six-year-old daughter, Tia, ends up in the custody of her grandmother, Mavis Dolittle. It's a heartbreaking situation, made even worse when Ida claims that the boy was the son of Mavis' husband, Henry, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Milwaukee. Emotionally detached from the granddaughter she's never really known, guilt-ridden about the way she raised her daughter, and reeling from her husband's dalliance with his stepdaughter, Mavis faces the biggest crisis of her life. Brutality, coldness and indifference have shaped three generations of women, and to be healed, they will have to learn how to care, to love, and to forgive one another.

Book Takeaway:

My prayer is that all who are held prisoner to something or someone will realize that God did not intend for them to live in bondage. I pray that they will not only understand and believe that Jesus is the way, but that they will call on Him for deliverance.

Why the author wrote this book:

I wanted to address some of life's issues that get passed down from one generation to another, and the consequences that occur when healing and forgiveness are absent. I also want to let readers know that they don't have to remain in bondage, imprisoned by a painful past, and that there is a way out. And that way is Jesus Christ.