Henrietha by Joyce M. Johnson

 

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Ruthie often traveled on the subway with her best friend Jem from the church where they attend often. She told me that the pastor had brainwashed her. When the abused came to light to her pastor, he called her stepfather and setup a counsel session for him but not for Ruthie.

Often times, Ruthie traveled on the subway with her friend Jem, and they discussed their abuses as Jem was abused also. They share many interests in life. Ruthie said thoughts of jumping across the train tracks often crossed her mind. Jem talked her down at times. One night, she came home and had me cornered in my bedroom with her eyes blazing with fire as she sat me on the bed and yelled at me, “Why didn’t you come over to my house and save me from the abuse? I was waiting for someone to save me. I can still smell the scent of Jason on me. Night after night and Sunday after Sunday, when he came home from church, he had me as his sex slave. Grandma you said you felt in your mind something was not right, so why didn’t you come and kick the door down and find out what was going on?”

“But, my dear, I did call the Children’s Aid. I told them what you said, that you were sleeping in the closet at one time, and they came and visited. They called me and told me all was good in the home. There was nothing else I could have done.”

She left that night with her friend, and three days later, I heard from her that she is in British Colombia. They took the bus. She said if she hadn’t left the province, she would have jumped the subway track. As you know, Joanna, there is a finished rooftop on my building. Many times, whenever Ruthie comes home, she would go to the rooftop even before she goes to bed. She said she finds peace and comfort there. She felt like God was up there waiting to talk and comfort her.

Is domestic work really for black women? It seems that way. Whenever some white person or others meet you and talk about work, it seems they are waiting for you to say that this is the job you are doing. 

Product details

• ASIN : B07TN7TSSS
• Publisher : Westwood Books Publishing LLC; 1st edition (25 Jun. 2019)
• Language : English
• File size : 939 KB
• Text-to-Speech : Enabled
• Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
• X-Ray : Not Enabled
• Word Wise : Not Enabled
• Print length : 285 pages

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About the Author

Joyce M. Johnson was born in Jamaica where she spent her formative years and has lived in Canada for over 40 years where she attended high school and college. After graduating from college, her long successful career began at Dover Elevator where she worked in main frame computing as Operator and Programmer. She ventured into entrepreneurship by operating Dove Courier Messenger Service and later Johnson Production which she operates with a socially sensitive mandate around its creative essence. Joyce studied creative writing at Seneca College, Toronto and has written newspaper articles for the Uprising International Newspaper. She has had her written material aired on CBC, Toronto. The years of living in Canada have awakened Joyce's consciousness. She's been led by inner and outward influences to engage in social dialoguing at the 'community level' as to write about and share her wealth of experiences developed in Canada. Shaped in part by her Jamaican past, her sensibility reflects a combined effect - the island past betrothed to a continental existence to produce what she expects to be appreciated as universal accounts of the human condition. Her first novel is Henrietha. Joyce says "This is an exciting beginning to my writing career, because I do feel this is where my calling lies. I did a stage adaptation of Henrietha, formerly In Search of Happiness - with staging at three Toronto locations: The Poor Alex Theater, The Robert Gill Theater at the University of Toronto and Haven's Banquet Hall. In Search Of Happiness, the play, fetched overwhelmingly positive reviews from the audiences: 'Powerful storyline' 'This story rocks . . . . . . should be staged in the schools'; 'Should be a screenplay . . . And based on the studio recording has been aired in part on CBC radio. "Henrietha - over two novellas Henrietha and Waiting for the World to Change embodies the indomitability of cosmic spirits that inhabit us all --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

Book Review

This book takes you On a inspiring and thought poking life from the eyes of a Black woman who has entered the worlds of sundry characters who altogether weave a relatable fabric composed of universal threads drawn from the human panorama.which at times can seem disturbing but it shows the human experience of being a survivor.Excellently written by Author.

5-5🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟highly recommend by Ghostman Radio Station