Memory Of My People and Other Stories

As history has proven, quiet people, living in uncertain times,can be caught in the midst of change that tests their character,integrity, and resolve. In a collection of fifteen tales, Barbara Wyatt Olson sharesa fascinating glimpse into the lives of diverse characters thatinclude a Cree leader fighting for the First Nation people s rightto exist after a Canadian Indian school is shuttered, a youngBeta Israel man attempting to survive the chaos of the Ethiopianrevolution so he can finally reach his people s holy land, a femalemajor serving in southern France who receives a letter in 1944detailing how her family got its start in the Cumberland Valley in1864 on the eve of the first national Thanksgiving, and a homelesswoman as she struggles to protect her husband and survive onthe streets of a Midwestern city, only to eventually experience alonely death mired in scams, money laundering lies, and opioids. Memory of My People and Other Stories shares fifteen tales thathighlight the lives of characters who demonstrate perseverance,courage, and hope while facing great change.