Karen E. Smith
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Wisdom From Experience is a novel featuring ten women who come together to share the wisdom gained from their experiences with lo
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ve, sex, marriage, divorce, single-parenting and a host of other hot topics.
From the Publisher
Sharlisa Edwards is a successful career women who has achieved all self-set goals except the one she wanted the most---a family before the age of thirty. Feeling melancholy instead of celebratory about her 30th birthday, Sharlisa invites a few of her closets girlfriends over for a "girl talk" in an attempt to elate her mood on this dreaded day. Sharlisa and nine of her friends come together at Sharlisa's 30th birthday celebration to share the wisdom gained from their many life experiences. Even though this is fiction, real-life issues are addressed and readers will be able to relate to the different adversities and victories of the characters. There is a great deal of wisdom to be gained from the experiences of these young women.
From the Author
In my first novel, Wisdom From Experience, I wanted to share with the world "fiction" that was more "true" to the lives of many African-American people living in our society today.
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From Chapter 8: That night while in bed, I pushed the rewind button on the VCR in my brain. I had to rewind my life's movie and replay it in my head repeatedly, until I figured out the mystery of why I was so unhappy and at what point my life got so bad? I remembered the days when I was very happy, as a single woman. I was involved in several activities that brought me great joy and nourished my spirit. I gave free seminars to seniors. I delivered prescriptions free of charge to the elderly and disabled. I tutored children in math and science. When Julian came into my life, I had no time for any of these things. Making him happy became my number one priority. I realized that I was so busy trying to keep Julian happy that I forgot about my own needs.
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