Teaching Dignity

<p><strong><em>How often does this town welcome new folk? I wondered. I had been told the previous schoolteacher had held her position for thirty-some years... and something in my gut whispered I could be the outsider for the next thirty.</em></strong></p><p><strong><em>***</em></strong></p><p><strong><em>I crossed my arms over my heart. No matter how old I got it seemed the little wounded girl inside was only inches under the skin.</em></strong></p><p><strong><em>***</em></strong></p><p><strong><em>If anything could distract me from my own struggles it would be Jenny Logan.</em></strong></p><p><em> </em></p><p>As a first-year teacher fresh out of college Miss Anna Beth Atwood is struggling to find her own path both inside and outside the one-room schoolhouse. The trials of the Great Depression racial segregation social class division and domestic violence don't make her job any easier but the real challenge will be confronting - and overcoming - her traumatic past once and for all.</p><p>Heartfelt emotional and painfully honest the story of <em>Teaching Dignity </em>is a shining light in the darkest times. Written by award-winning author of <em>When Dignity Came to Harlan</em> Anna Beth's journey into adulthood reminds readers of the important adage To thine own self be true but more importantly... where could we go but to the Lord?</p><p><br></p><p>Walk in Anna Beth's shoes and see firsthand how the rekindling of one woman's faith has the power to not only help her students and community but herself as well.</p>