Pretty Bird

Already haunted by the death of his mother and forced to live in a dilapidated cabin with his abusive stepbrother eleven-year-old Joshua Jennings is swept away in a flash flood and marooned in the backwaters of the Mississippi River to fight for survival while intrigue develops in the efforts to rescue him. Pretty Bird a novel set in rural West Kentucky in 1921 is the story of Joshua's disappearance rescue and ultimate survival. It is a testament to his faith in God as taught to him by his late mother. The story includes examples of family discord vindictiveness and fear. But most of all it is a story of inspiration forgiveness redemption and relief. Pretty Bird tells the poignant story of Joshua's spiritual and physical growth on his journey of becoming a man.