The Peace Within

About the Book

The Peace Within is a compelling and powerful story of the Moore family and their unexpected encounters with people, problems, and the past. It is a story of family loyalty, hopes, dreams, challenges, compassion, joy, faith, forgiveness, and peace. It’s a story of life! The story is told from the standpoint of the narrator, Ino, an adult now that reflects on a particular time in her life at age eleven that changed her life and that of her family’s. It is a story of how faith, prayer, and patience changed their lives and those around them. The narrator takes us from Kentucky to Alabama to San Francisco and back through reflections, letters, and encounters. The time is 1994 with a reflective look to 1972. Through the narrator’s eyes we weave in and out of her life to get a glimpse into the family’s past, present, and future. We meet many people along the way that have a profound impact on the narrator and her family. It is a time that Ino and her family live through and survive because of their faith and patience with assurance from their inner peace. Take a few moments and walk into their world and experience their joy as you discover for yourself The Peace Within.

About the Author

Mrs. P. A. Wilson is a retired educator from the Jefferson County Public School District in Louisville, Kentucky. She has been an educator for thirty seven years. Mrs. Wilson has worked in many capacities and levels such as middle school, high school, a university professor at Spalding University, a writing consultant, a teacher mentor, a Resource Teacher & a Coordinator/Director. She has taught in Mississippi as well as in Kentucky ranging from teaching English, writing, French, Drama, to Adult Education, Teaching Seminar, and Classroom Management. Mrs. Wilson has a Bachelor of Arts in English from Alcorn University in Lorman, Mississippi and a Masters of Arts in Education from Spalding University in Louisville, Kentucky. She resides in Louisville, Kentucky. She and her husband have two daughters, Cynthia & Lori, and two granddaughters, Shawntrice and Jertasia.