Beneath the Surface

About the Book

C.C. Reed’s first collection of poetry details her coming of age in all of its glory. It is a colorful memoir of how she “found” herself and learned to love who she is through joys, pains and ugly happenings alike. C.C. has been writing and collecting her poetry for this lyrical autobiography of sorts for well over twenty years. Thus, some of the works included such as “Sunshine” and “Dad Can You Hear Me?” were written as early as seven years old when she first discovered the natural rhythm of her words. Her poetry is real, to the point and is capable of drawing the reader into the complex emotions she experienced on her journey to womanhood. C.C. has a unique style and though much of her poetry lacks actual rhyme and rhythm she seems to dance with the words as they leave her pen enticing readers of all ages and stages of life to join in and sing along to her music as she pours out the soul of her story.

About the Author

CheLinda C. Reed, the youngest of three children born to Carl and Glenda Foster in Wiesbaden, West Germany, traveled extensively with her parents throughout her childhood and adolescent years. The years of traveling with her military family exposed her to a culturally diverse world. Through this exposure, CheLinda gained a love and passion for people and culture along with an uncanny ability to develop and nurture relationships with people from many different ethnic backgrounds. Wife to Michael J. Reed, III, mother of David Benjamin Reed, and formerly an active duty United States Army officer, CheLinda found time to complete a Master of Arts in Leadership from the University of Texas at El Paso. Her desire to help people and her deep rooted faith in Christ has also catapulted her into the direction of her first love which is the pursuit to become a doctor of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Having a love for writing from the time she was able to formulate letters and words, she allowed this love to blossom into her ability to create bright and brilliant poems and stories. This prolific gift produced a genre of collective tapestries in the form of poems designed to stir the heart, soul, and mind of the reader. CheLinda’s honest and poignant work along with her compassion and desire to share her voice with those who will read the pages of her heart has become water to the seed of her first work. These literary works along with her determined will; will prove to be the fertilizer in the soil which will produce many other literary products in the years to come. please use AU's image at \\cebsrv01\AH\00349410\Cover\Supplied Images