The author has based all of these powerful and penetrating stories on real people and real events in his life - though he does include a liberal dose of literary license at times, as befits any Southern storyteller. These are stories of wisdom and foolishness; good and evil; love and hate; sin and salvation; greed and generosity; forgiveness and revenge; triumph and failure; celebration and regret; kindness and meanness; the healthy and the handicapped; the broken and the whole.
You will find yourself both soothed and severely shaken as Eades opens the door to the human soul for you - sharing all the light and darkness that lies within each of us, yet always offering hope and a vision of our world as a better place. If you are in need of an emotional or spiritual sabbatical yourself, spend a few hours reading these stories - you will find a new perspective on life and renewal of your soul.