Rehoboth Road

This story will take the reader back to 1950 and allow them to live the next thirty-six years through the lives of the memorable characters living along Rehoboth Road. The setting is a small town located south of Macon, Georgia. It was a time of the theft of innocence for fifteen year old Elizabeth, the daughter of Rev. John Turner, a prominent Baptist minister. Elizabeth was afraid to tell her parents of her ordeal, but seven months later, she gave birth to her son, Johnny. Rev. Owen Oliver, the guilty, escaped traditional punishment. The events that followed led to an earthquake of lies, betrayal and doubts of faith. Meet Sarah, Elizabeth's sister, and her mother, Loretha. Meet Rev. Oliver's wife, Thea and their son, Malcolm who was born three days after Johnny, and last, meet the memorable character, Mrs. Collins (MaDear). Understand the choices everyone was forced to make, and how a brewing secret tore a family apart.Ballard-Jones, Anita is the author of 'Rehoboth Road', published 2003 under ISBN 9780972945509 and ISBN 0972945504.