Mississippi, the late 1950s. After the death of his father, eleven-year-old Jory Sheppard runs away from an unwanted life in foster care. Trying to make it on his own, he is caught in a violent storm on the Mississippi River, but when he is rescued from the raging waters by an old black man named Moses, it becomes the event that will change his life. Taken into Moses' family as one of their own, Jory is introduced to a world so familiar and yet so very different from the one he once knew. As he learns and grows under the benevolent care of his new family, he struggles to make sense of the society in which he lives-a society that would spit on a man such as Moses simply because his skin is black, and make every effort to rip Jory from the family he loves.
Quickly entrenched in a struggle that is much bigger than himself, Jory must learn the difference between what feels necessary and what is right, what pity is, and what hate is. If he wants to fight the injustice and uncertainty that surrounds him, he must learn what it really means to stand up for what he believes in.
Author Biography:
Timothy Joseph, a high school science teacher, earned a PhD, was a college professor, corporate manager, senior scientist, and weekly newspaper columnist. He is a freelance technical writer, and gives Creative Writing talks to local schools and organizations. His debut novel, Four-Fifths, was published in 2000, for which he won the Word Weaver Award of Excellence. His second book, Reflections On Love, was published in 2002, and Four-Fifths Endowed, (sequel to Four-Fifths) was published in 2005. In 2009 his nonfiction coffee-table book, Historical Photos of the Manhattan Project, was published by Turner Publishing.
Tim received a Technical Communication Award of Excellence, and his literary writing was recognized by the Tennessee Arts Commission. His goal is to use his literary voice and style to bring to the page the intense emotions of life, especially love, happiness, and passion.
His newest work, My Water Path, (Pants On Fire Press-Publisher), was built upon Tim's youth in the south where he grew up surrounded by prejudice and bigotry. Even as a child he could not comprehend racial disdain. This story is a testament to his love of humanity and belief in the equality of all. Tim and his wife Marsha live in Rockwood, TN. Please visit his site to see his other works including his many essays. (www.timothyjoseph.net)
Please contact Tim for signed copies of books. They are not at the prices shown here. You may go to his site, www.timothyjoseph.net to order, or send him an email, timjosephphd@gmail.com He says "Thanks" and sends his love.
