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Shirley Gerald
Ware
Author-Publisher
Shirley Gerald Ware is the author of three
published books. “The Final Goodbye” is her first published memoir. Book title
“Somebody Too” is her second published book. Her most recent published book is
title “Just Kids.”
She is the publisher of Fresh! Literary Magazine. The magazine
welcomes submissions from teens and adults writers of poetry, short stories,
articles and book reviews worldwide. She has written numberless short stories,
poetry, book reviews and articles. Her work is widely publicized in various
online and printed anthologies.
Shirley is a volunteer reader at
Just Kids
ISBN- 1-42413194-5 Paperback
ISBN-
978-1424131945
Hardcover
Children are enthralled by stories involving other kids
growing up in very different places or in different cultures. Just Kids gives them a collection of such stories. It takes
their parents on a journey to help them understand the challenges their
children encounter daily. Though they may consider their children mature and
smart for their age, these stories alert parents to their children’s need to
just be children and to act out their feelings, as they discover the world
around them. Each Just Kids story paints a clear picture of what it is like to
be a child, surrounded by culture and expected to learn how to fit in with a
society of peers. Just Kids presents a collection
of unique stories to be read and enjoyed by children from ten to sixteen years
old. It is a book that can be read at bedtime, in classrooms, or at any
appropriate storytelling time.
The Final Goodbye: The Struggle to Self-Awareness
From The author Shirley Gerald Ware: The Final Goodbye: The Struggle to Self-Awareness is my struggle to
gain control of my life My life became troublesome after the loss of my father
at age ten. I was his only girl with five brothers. He was taken away suddenly,
without saying goodbye to me. It took him twenty five years to say Goodbye to
me after death. It is a good read for all those that have suffered the loss of
someone dear to them and for those among us that is trying to gain control of
their lives. Read my life's story, it could shorten your journey to self-awareness.
ISBN-1-564474-163X
Somebody, Too
Somebody Too is a very insightful read; it makes one rethink
their alcohol intake and reach out to those who have suffered the loss of a
loved one from addiction.
"I had it all," he said, with eyes that
resembled red-hot coal. His eyes penetrated my soul and sent me into a deep
unconsciousness. "I had seen you help many people from a far, please help
me select a birthday card for my mother. She is having a birthday party and all
her friends will be attending her party." Standing before me, one cold
December morning was a man with trembling hands and body smell of rotten
meat. He spoke with polish and it was
easily seen that the stranger standing before me was an alcoholic that had
transcended his past. Time stood still
that December morning as I stood dressed in my security guard uniform, trying
to prevent thievery from CVS, downtown
Years
passed and the CVS alcoholic occurrence was buried into my self-consciousness.
Slowly, I sat helplessly by as my brother’s developed a drinking problem. His
drinking problem worsens over the years and he became the CVS alcoholic. I
stood helpless as Grady looked deep into my eyes smelling of rotten meat and
pleading for understanding. "Sis!" He said
with a glare of a doomed man, "I had it all, but it has been taken
away." Somebody Too
is an emotional soul searching read.
There are many alcoholics among us today and maybe somebody you know
that are considered without self-worth but they’re "Somebody
Too." Somebody Too
is the emotional and soul searching plea of several alcoholics to understand a
society that considers them without self-worth.
ISBN-087714-2750
Copyright© 2009 by S. G. Ware