Where Would I Be?

About the Book

Where Would I Be? The Life and Times of Irene Clark Ward, is the true story of Irene Clark Ward, a black woman born in the early 1900’s in Georgia. It is an adaptation of the journal she kept until she was 88 and could no longer write and the personal conversations about her past that she shared with the author, her youngest daughter. Where Would I Be?, is the heart wrenching laughter-filled tale of Irene Clark Ward, her rich black heritage, personal experiences, and the strong but loving hand that she had in the lives of her 10 remarkable children!

About the Author

Dr. Peggie Ward Koon, a General Motors Scholar (Smith College; Northampton, MASS) and Graduate Fellow (Georgia Tech; Atlanta, GA), is the youngest child of Irene Clark Ward and the late Enoch Ward, Sr. Dr. Koon received a doctorate degree from Kennedy-Western University (Cheyenne, WY) in MIS and has authored 9 technical publications. Her first novel, Where Would I Be? The Life and Times of Irene Clark Ward , is the heart-wrenching humorous true story of her Mother’s indomitable sprit and the influence that this matriarch had on a remarkably successful family who beat the odds in the worst of times.