Hidden Biscuits: Tales of Deep South Revivals Told by Heart

Every night of revival--1945 to 1956--the Evangelist and his family carried the mostly Appalachian folks to whom they ministered on up to a higher place. Worn down bodies in from the heat and dust of a sharecroppers cotton fields or unventilated rooms of the mill barely made it over to the local Pentecostal church house to the shelter of a raised-up tent or bush arbor. But by the time they sang shouted and prayed in response to the Skondeen familys music and preaching something shifted. In Hidden Biscuits Audrey Skondeen Wards memories come alive by way of her writing as words songs and voices long silent are connected through a Deep South landscape. I loved reading these stories. Audrey Wards prose is alive and draws vibrant pictures which opened up a world so different from my own take on life. A thought-provoking and ultimately satisfying read beautifully told. --John Sam Jones author of Welsh Boys Too Audrey Ward is a natural storyteller with an original heartfelt and soulful voice. She brings her wisdom as a pastor to her roots as the daughter of a traveling Evangelist and her tales of finding faith and coming of age in the Deep South will touch readers everywhere. --Elizabeth Fishel coauthor of Getting To 30: A Parents Guide to the 20-Something Years Audrey Ward has served as an elder in United Methodist Churches of the California Nevada Conference for thirty years and is currently the Pastor of the Saint Helena congregation in the Napa Valley. Her column Regarding Children has appeared regularly in local as well as national papers.