Burnished Pebbles
Poems of Love, Death, and Life
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Looking For Jencey by Dorothy Diemer Hendry is the exciting and heart-warming story of the life of a woman who lived her 91 years as brave orphan, adopted daughter, married woman and mother, business woman, fighter for women's rights and for justice in relations between the races. She prospered during the time when women had few choices regarding work outside the home. She was beloved by her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She had to confront divorce at a time when it was not an accepted solution to marital difficulties. She worked hard, saved, helped her family, and had many adventures along the way as well as romance and love. Her granddaughter, Dorothy Hendry, has written about her in a factual, loving way, and readers will relate and be intrigued by the life of Lizzie Murphy Casebolt.
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Dorothy Diemer Hendry (19182006) wrote hundreds of poems during her active and productive life as a teacher, administrator, editor, author, wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, expert grower of roses. This collection of some of her best poetry shows the range of her interests and the depth of expression and thought that make her one of the most talented poets of her generation. She writes of love, of faith, of nature, of death-even her own. Through all the joy and sorrow of a life well lived, she found not only great depths of compassion and thankfulness for being, but also penetrating insight into the foibles and missteps that plague our nation and world. The poet's voice, Dorothy's voice, speaks in incisive and clear language, and is beautiful to hear and read. From the very early poem "Burnished Pebbles" to her last written offering, a Thanksgiving prayer, she will open the mind and heart of even the most jaded reader. This first volume of her poetry is rich with humor, contemplation, wonder, as well as questioning and righteous anger. Her poetry is like its author: kind, strong, aware, concerned, thoughtful, beautiful to behold, but ever cognizant of the problems humankind faces.
About the Author
Dorothy Diemer Hendry?s poetry appears in Poem; The Alabama Anthology of Poetry; Columbia Poetry; Poet?s Choice, a Huntsville, Alabama poetry group project. Her novel, Looking For Jencey, was published in 2007 by iUniverse. A teacher of English par excellence, she resided in Huntsville with her husband, Wickliffe B. Hendry.