Darlene F. Wofford Book Signing - "Edgewise" November 11, 2007

Local author Darlene F. Wofford discusses and signs "Edgewise: An Assignment to Remember."

Although a work of fiction, Edgewise: An Assignment To Remember is the gripping novelization of real life events personally experienced by the author. In January, 1984, Darlene F. Wofford discovered her son drowned in their backyard swimming pool. Just three weeks later, Wofford was abducted at gunpoint by two men and sexually assaulted. The psychological impact of these events left her traumatized and in a deep depression that her husband and their two remaining sons could not help her overcome. She went under the care of a psychiatrist who, after several months of unsuccessful therapy, gave her an assignment--to write about her first memories. The first memory that occurred to her when complying with the assignment was that of her father and herself as a little girl. Over the next several months writing about the people and events in her past and present were to bring her out of her depression and restore an appreciation for her life, her family, and herself. In this novelized account, the main character of Delaney is the author's alter ego. The names of all the other characters were changed to protect the innocent--and the not so innocent as well. Join us as we welcome local author Darlene F. Wofford.

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