The Black Wedding Dress (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781497440647)

Jane Patrick Walls (nee Rebecca Jane Patrick) was born and raised on Patrick Road in Citronelle, Alabama, on a rural 1/2 section farm in Mobile County. She is the ninth of ten children, five sisters and four brothers. Their family home was filled with love and laughter; and those memories will last and be cherished a lifetime. Her parents instilled in her strong work ethics and love for God and mankind. She escaped the mundane hot summers and cold winters by reading and creating stories of her own. After graduating from Citronelle High School in 1965 and other formal education, she worked in various positions, as soon as she learned something new, she wanted to stretch herself once more and reach for another goal. At 66 she decided it was time to finish her "bucket list" by publishing some of her stories. The Lady in the Park was published December 2013 and The Abandoned Child was published January 2014. Her fourth novel is titled Wheel Broken at the Cistern and has not been sent for publication. When Wheel Broken at the Cistern is published, Jane will complete the sequel to The Black Wedding Dress. Jane plans to continue writing and one day would like to write a children's book for her grandchildren whose ages range from 23 to four and a great-grandson age two. Her sister, Esther Patrick Beech of Chatom, has urged Jane repeatedly to write a novel about their family. Jane finds that nonfiction is too painful to write as her parents are deceased along with three beloved nephews, one niece and three dear brothers-in-law. As the baby girl in the family, Jane holds each precious memory close and private in her heart. Her siblings range from 83 to 64 and she loves each one deeply. She prays daily for strength as she faces her older siblings' frailties, although she knows she may be called Home before any of them. Jane has been married to her husband, Charles, for forty-five years. They have lived in Satsuma, Alabama, another small town in Mobile County for forty plus years. They have a daughter Misty (Keith) and son Jeffrey (Wendy), six grandchildren, two special grandchildren, and one great-grandson.