Iron Heart
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About the Book
Iron Heart
Meet Nellie, George, Richard, and all the people living on Miners' Hill and High Hill in the city of Bluestone, Michigan, during the years, 1904-1928. Nellie learns about the different kinds of men and the meaning of real love.
It is the story of a fatherless young woman who faces a marriage to a man chosen by her mother. Tragedy changes the course of her life, and she has the courage to cross the line of poverty into the dwellings of high society. There is a social division between the families of the miners and the families of the men in mine administration. How can an uneducated miner's daughter face this dilemma?
This is the story of the rough dangerous life of iron miners in Northern Michigan at the turn of the century, the struggles of the wives and children to survive the tragedies of mining. The heartbreaks of abuse, alcohol, and death are balanced with the peace of prayer, the caring of friends and neighbors, the optimism of a humor. Even a heart as hard as iron can soften in the light of the Son of God.
The lives of Nellie, George, and Richard show how we can waste our lives or live each day to its fullest. Together with Nellie, George, and Richard, the reader can face hard work and cruel social divisions and still enjoy friendship and old-fashioned fun with all the citizens of Bluestone. ---
About the Author
MARY
GOLOVERSIC (author of 18 books)
When
I was nearing fifty, a three-month experience at a Skid Row mission in Chicago
became a turning point in my life. Someone told me that I was believing the
lies of Satan from the pit of hell, and then the person showed me how to sort
out lies and truths. I began to think-if I, a person who was active in church
and was teaching a ladies' Bible study, got deceived by lies, then many other
people were also being deceived. I realized that we are not only deceived by the
devil, but by other people, by some advertisements and some media, AND by
ourselves with our own deceptive thoughts. We are all deceived, but we are all
deceivers, too. I began to share this life-changing information with others to
guide them to success in all aspects of their lives. Before I realized it, I'd
become a writer, so I could share this information worldwide.
My
writings center around the many forms of love-its meaning, its expressions, its
use and misuse. In fact, "love" is in the middle of my long last
name, “Goloversic”
When
we learn to give and receive love in a godly unselfish way, present hatred will
dwindle, past hurts will heal, and future hurts will be prevented.
Though
I never planned to become a writer, all my life I was preparing for it, not
realizing how I would use the knowledge and wisdom. Of course, my two college
degrees with majors in education and numerous minors in many areas, were useful
for writing--the research methods, literature, history, biology. Decades in the
teaching field helped me develop techniques for getting my ideas across to
people of all ages.
Years
of studying piano and art for enjoyment enabled me to write songs for the books
I write and do the illustrations and photos. Attendance at church services and
Bible studies (in person and tuning into Christian radio programs) and
extensive Christian counseling guided me to discover Bible truths to battle the
lies life brings each of us, and eventually use these Scripture references to
back up my written statements in my books.
My
pastimes of people-watching, taking nature walks, plus traveling throughout the
U.S.A, Canada, Mexico and living two years in Spain, provided pictures in my
mind that I could turn into words on paper.
Marriage
and parenting three sons gave me insight into family living. My friends show me
the lasting value of true friendship. I probably got part of my imaginativeness
from my mom.
My
tender heart gave me sympathy, but accidents, illnesses, surgeries, and
troubles of all sorts gave me empathy. If I hadn't had all these heartbreaking
experiences, I would not have become the storyteller that I now am.
My
sense of humor adds a bit of frosting to the cake of my writing career.
Without
my faith in God, I would have accomplished little, but He gives me the strength
to complete the many books; and, through His promises, I have confidence to
keep going. He gave me my talents, and I use them to serve Him.