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Natural Destiny
On February 22, 2013 I was honored and privileged to meet with over 1,200 6th, 7th and 8th grade students at Sweetwater Middle School in Lawrenceville, Georgia about Natural Destiny. Stay tuned for more information and pictures.
I am eager to present information about Natural Destiny to various groups. I have given presentations to the Rotary Club of Moncks Corner, the Kiwanis Clusb of Moncks Corner and Summerville and two Toastmasters, International clubs. The name of the presentation is “The Lost Art of Storytelling”. Contact me on my website if you are interested in me speaking to your group.
Sharing Bernie’s Story: Living with my mother’s Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Sharing Bernie’s Story is a memoir. Sherry Dixon, the author, shares stories about how her mother’s life, including her childhood experience as a prisoner of war on her native island of Guam, affected Sherry’s life. Sherry originally wrote Sharing Bernie’s Story as a sequel to her first book, Natural Destiny. In the writing process, however, she discovered that this book was as much about her own life as her mother’s. Our lives are influenced by our parents and others close to us. Their stories become our stories. Their trauma and healing become ours too. We are all connected. Sharing each other’s stories can help heal others. The stories in Sharing Bernie’s Story will resonate and facilitate healing. This book is for those readers who enjoy reading about people who overcome adversity. Readers, including teens, young adults, seniors, counselors, and mental health professionals, will find value in Sharing Bernie’s Story.
Testimonial
What They Say
“A must read book!
That a journey back in time to Guam through the eye’s of A young girl at the start of the Japanese invasion of Guam
This is a book you will share with your friends.”
John Martin5.0 out of 5 stars
“I have had the good fortune to read Natural Destiny by Sherry Dixon way ahead of its actual publication. I was from the beginning amazed by the forgotten history told in this book. I never learned in all my history classes much of anything at all about Guam and certainly never knew that the United States occupied the island before the fateful bombing by the Japanese that Bernie witnessed. The years of deprivation while incarcerated by the Japanese occupiers would have changed any person, but what an effect a prison camp has on the life of one little girl. This is a MUST READ for all Americans who love history.”
KC5.0 out of 5 stars
“Natural Destiny is an amazing book and work of love by first time author Sherry Dixon! She has woven a story based on the true account of her mother’s life during WWII that will captivate you from the time you read the first lines until you read the last. It not only tells of the atrocities of WWII on the island of Guam, but it tells how a young girl survived all that with love, courage, family, faith, and forgiveness. I highly recommend this book!!”
Debi Merchant,5.0 out of 5 stars