Delia Hayward, one of eight children, grew up during the Hippie Era in a dysfunctional family, for whom emotional and physical abuse was a normal occurrence of her childhood. Her marriage further deteriorated what little self-esteem she retained from her childhood.
Perhaps these torments are what made her desperately seek God and a personal relationship with Him.
When her marriage fell apart, she rose to the challenge of raising three sons alone. With the help of God and sheer determination, Delia managed to instill positive self-esteem and a love for God into the hearts of the next generation.
As you read this book, may you also find hope in the midst of your storm, and may God bring you from turmoil to peace.
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Book Cover:
Beautiful. I love the colors. I love the symbolism. This works.
Favorite Quote:
"Katy said that at bath time, if I splashed around and had fun in the tub, my mother would grab my head and my little sister’s head and bash them against the faucet while yelling at us to stop fooling around. Katy said she used to come into the bathroom to tell our mother to stop hurting us."
First Chapter Review:
I don't know what it is about memoirs but reading the first chapter of Delia E. Hayward's From Turmoil to Peace reminded me how I love hearing other people's stories knowing they're coming right from the author's mouth. If the author does it right, you jump right into the author's head. And that's why I love them. In this first chapter, Delia starts out by telling us a little about her background history. She talks a lot about her father at first. It's like she's trying to convey the fact that while he seemed nice, maybe he wasn't, or at least that's how I took it. But I can see where it's coming from. He served in the war. The war takes a lot out of people. Not giving him an excuse, it's just that the war can turn people from one thing into someone you don't even know anymore. I'm getting no so good vibes about the mother as well. We shall see as the book progresses, but the mother needs to take a parenting course or something. Not real nice. This quote choked me up: "Because I felt so unloved, I escaped the harsh reality of my childhood by imagining I was the characters in the books I read." My goodness. Nothing makes me madder than someone abusing children. I feel as if Delia was a warm child but very very vulnerable. This one is good, too: "I started to build walls around my heart without knowing it." Bless this little girl's heart and I know that writing this book had to be therapeutic for Delia. One could only hope.
Keep Reading?
I do plan to keep reading. Ms. Hayward has me hooked.
I give this first chapter a 5 star rating!
Delia Hayward is a proud mother of three wonderful sons, a beautiful granddaughter and a precious grandson. God put it on her heart to write this book “From Turmoil to Peace” so that people could benefit from her life experiences. She has been blessed and hopes her book blesses others.
You can visit her website at https://deliahayward.name/ and follow her at Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/delia.hayward.14.
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