Alaric Gee

Alaric Gee

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This book is my first and is loosely based on the life and times of my almost century-year-old grandmama. She overcame many adverse circumstances during her life in the south. She was illiterate and never got the chance to finish school because she was the second eldest of a family of 13. With such a big family, her parents needed her to work in order for the family to just barely make ends meet.

Despite her hardships and disadvantages, she raised me and encouraged me to read and write and stay in school. Education was important and stressed so much that I became a teacher. Now she can live vicariously through me. I believe everyone in the world should be able to benefit, grow, learn, enjoy, be encouraged,be empowered, driven to laugh, cry and anger because of the written world. People don't realize what a priviledge it is to be able to read and write.

Although my grandmama never learned to read or write, in my story, I created a world where her dream does come to fruition. Read The Butterfly and the Boll Weevil, which represents triumph over misery, metamorphosis despite destruction, good and evil. Catharsis is found in the words. Please enjoy and comment.

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All hell breaks loose in virtuous Jasameena's life--set off by the stray hand of a backsliding pastor and the hypocrisy of a southern church community.


Someone witnesses Jasameena bailing out of Pastor Brown's pickup truck raising hell and spreads the seeds of scandal all over the community about what must have transpired. By Sunday morning, the vines of the story have grown perversely twisted, naming Jasameena as the aggressor instead of the Pastor. On this day, she believes all of her efforts in self-denial are futile as she is falsely accused of being a whore. Pastor Brown does nothing to reestablish her repute. Not knowing how to clear her name, there is a tug of war between conflicting voices telling her to kill him or not. To loose her virginity for real or not. To tell Mrs. Brown, the entire congregation of the Smithville Methodist Episcopal Church, and every damn Tom, Dick, and Harry in South Carolina that Pastor had his hand up her skirt--or not. At any rate, funny how fate would have it that all hell inevitably breaks loose on this so-called religious community as taboos and family secrets (that everybody has) buried for years are systematically unearthed.

 

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FRAN MACILVEY wrote 50 days ago

Dear Alaric Today "Trapped" reached the top spot. WOW! Thank you f....

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I wrote 114 days ago

Great! I really likehow the action and suspense starts right away. I like a good crime mystery. Will def place it on my WL and maybe bookshelf. I am interested in writing similar plots--crime suspense. I think the first chapter of my book my interest you as it throws you directly into the action... view book

I wrote 125 days ago

I have read the first chapter. Interesting opening paragraph. Great use of words to paint a vivid picture of Hagood. I enjoy your descriptions and your purposeful use of vocabulary. This is a good premise for a great story. However, I would have like to hear Mary Lou speak in the first chapter. I ... view book

I wrote 133 days ago

Gripping, poignant, and dripping with pain. This storyis saturated with the reality of some people's plight. There is no greater pain than pain inflicted by someone you love--your mother. I know. I am compelled to read on through this story. Chapters 1 & 2 have me hooked, so to speak. view book

I wrote 133 days ago

The list: great voice, style, good mix of dialogue and narrative. Writing is to the point. The story unfolds with great pacing. Please give my work a read entitled: The Butterfly and the Boll Weevil. Comment and shelf for a while please. view book

I wrote 140 days ago

Dark, witty, off-key, quirky, different, arresting, well-verbed. I could list a hundred more descriptive words to describe its authenticity and quality. Keep it up. Check me out too as I know I work in a different realm than you. Still writers can recognize style and quality even if it is not your... view book

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