My Bouquet of Kisses, by J.D. Anderson, tells the story of her emotionally turbulent journey from childhood filled with abuse and a longing to be loved, to adulthood, maturity, and a measure of peace.
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J.D. Anderson was born in Los Angeles, California, and is an American autobiographer, poet, and playwright. Her first book, My Bouquet of Kisses, was released in 2006 as a self-published book and later picked up by Third Eye Publishing. She is also the author the ten-minute short play, The Winner Is, and numerous pieces of poetry. She has served in the United States Marine Corps and is the mother of two. She graduated from Georgia State University with a BA in journalism and a minor in English.
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Bouquet of kisses, by J.D. Anderson is a powerful and touching novel about her and her twin brother. J.D. Anderson speaks on their experiences of pain through child abuse, molestation, and how she overcame such a cruel childhood-that speaks hope to many.
Their adopted mother had a dark secret, darker than anyone could image. I feel Bouquet of Kisses is an excellent novel, making me cry and laugh at the right time. I reccommend this novel to other readers.
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J.D. Anderson's style is such that I couldn't put the book down! I could actually experience the emotions felt by the young girl and could have continued reading after the book ended.
I can see this as a movie and would really enjoy watching the characters develop. I applaud Anderson's courage in writing such a telling novel.
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How can hope live when everything around you is painful and negative? It took inner strength and the memory of the warm kisses received from an estranged mother.
Adopted when they were babies, Jan and her twin brother Joe lived with a lady they would call, 'Mom'. From the time they could remember, three things reigned supreme: Mom was physically abusive, there was no one to save them, and no one to love them. Around the age of five, a tall African Queen, at least that's how she looked to Jan, visited them, showering them with what Jan called a bouquet of hugs and kisses; their birth mother. But her stay was short-lived, and they were again smothered by the cruelty of Mom. The twins responded differently, Joe retreated into himself and Jan became the protector, but they both feared and hated Mom. Before their fourteenth birthday, the family relocated from California to Mississippi. Jan hoped desperately that it would be a positive change, but it wasn't really. The one plus from that move is it acquainted the twins with their maternal family. Immediately after graduating high-school Jan enlisted in the Marines and began yet another saga of her tattered life. MY BOUQUET OF KISSES is a painful account of a woman's struggle to rise above the emotional and physical pain which desperately fought to rule her life. Their childhood was full of secrets, with bits and pieces of truth revealed in underhanded and accidental ways. After over thirty years Jan found some retribution and began to find herself. J.D. Anderson shared this story because writing it was her way of releasing the demons that kept her afraid of life. It vividly captures the suffering of young lives due to human fallacies in programs erected to help innocent children. Reviewed by aNN of The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers
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African Queen, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Aunt Audrey, Uncle Perry, Li'l Gerald, Mother Superior, Foster Care, Hot Wheels, Mardi Gras, Marine Corps, Staff Sergeant Burr, Air Force, Aunt Gerry, Canal Street, Miss Van Kamp, New York, Pass Christian, Uncle Donald, Uncle Gerald, United States, Awards Day, Baby Nancy, Busy Bee, June Cox New!
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African Queen, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Aunt Audrey, Uncle Perry, Li'l Gerald, Mother Superior, Foster Care, Hot Wheels, Mardi Gras, Marine Corps, Staff Sergeant Burr, Air Force, Aunt Gerry, Canal Street, Miss Van Kamp, New York, Pass Christian, Uncle Donald, Uncle Gerald, United States, Awards Day, Baby Nancy, Busy Bee, June Cox New!
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