Tales from a Boiling Pot: Learning to Thrive in a Dysfunctional World

By Cindy Bruckel

This story begins much like those we have heard many times before ? a young girl growing up poor in a small rural town in central Mississippi ? all Cindy ever wanted was to be safe and to fit in. But having been born in Mississippi during one of the most controversial periods in Mississippi history ? the ?60s was anything but safe and nurturing. ?Do as I say, not as I do,? and ?Children should be seen and not heard,? had become the mantras of the previous generation. She stumbled through life wearing a blindfold; a silent witness to and victim of discrimination, prejudice and poverty until she grew to believe she was the problem! Delivered with honesty and humor, her first book, TALES FROM A BOILING POT, is a memoir about the joys as well as the drama of growing up in family straight from the pages of Southern Living where life lessons were served with a spoon of sugar and love came in all sizes, shapes and colors. Retracing the events of her life was the essence of going home. The book serves as a reminder of the power of compassion and love; and for all things, there is a time to heal.'Our lives can change just in the telling, and our memories can become our salvation rather than our regret.'

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1627471391
• ISBN13: 9781627471398
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: New Perceptions Publishing LLC
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.5" x 5.0"