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Generation Impact
An American Family’s Turmoils

Synopsis

As you enter the life of the Turners, you embark upon the waves of crisis that batter several generations. You feel the impact of their family tragedies as well as the triumphs.

Willie Mae struggles daily against the odds to raise her family to be upstanding citizens in an era that does not yet accept colored folk easily. She must deal with taking care of her mother, a no-good husband and his child abuse, and the worries of bringing up not only her own children but also their children. Despite their own turmoil, the Turner family members are always ready to help out friends in need.

Thomas Turner, a young, handsome colored man, marries Willie Mae, a fifteen-year-old colored girl. Marriage between young teenagers is common in the mid-1940s. Over thirty-nine years of marriage, they have seven children. As a typical couple, the husband works, as head of the household, and his wife stays home and raises the children. The problems start early on. As a husband and father, Thomas is cold and heartless. Willie Mae, for the sake of the children, sticks with him until he goes too far...beating on her mother. The children, venturing off into the world, to college, their careers, and marriage, discover life’s revelations, such as the joy of babies and the pitfalls of marital infidelity, divorce, and illness. With a divorce and a new husband, Willie Mae is the ever-present safety net, and helps raise her grandkids. Despite their elders’ warnings, the grand’s encounter the vagaries of the modern world...drugs, school problems, unplanned pregnancies, gangs, and too-easily-acquired guns.

Generation Impact: An American Family’s Turmoil’s is the rocky journey of a black couple who struggle with the challenges of the mid to late 20th century, and for Thomas, his personal demons, to raise a respectable family. They survive, and thrive with the succeeding generations who in turn learn some life lessons from their strong-willed matriarch.

Author Biography

Viranda I. Slappy

Viranda I. Slappy was born in Macon, Georgia. She resides with her husband, John Cecil Slappy Sr. (26 years of marriage), in Junction City, Kansas.

The author believes that as you enter the saga of the Turner family history, you will recognize the importance of family legacy and how the impact of each generation affects the lives...present and future...of each person’s nature and spirit. You will explore the triumph of family impact as the Turners struggle to survive the challenges of life. By focusing on family unity and rebuilding of the family throne for a better future, the Turner family dreams come true.

Ms. Slappy is a graduate of Northeast High School and Los Angeles Community College. She earned an Associate Degree, General Studies in Business Management graduate of Central Texas College, Fort Riley, Kansas. Employment is with Department of Defense, United States Army Civil Service, and 1st Personnel Service Battalion of Fort Riley, Kansas. Employee Relations Specialist, Army Benefit Center and I'm also a host and producer of Express Yourself Radio Talk Show.

She has received many awards for recognition of her outstanding performance. Her acknowledged awards are an Achievement Medal for Civilian Service, Officially Commended for Exemplary Performance, Sustained Superior Performance, Certificate of Achievement for Exceptional Performance, and community organizational Outstanding Distinguished Services.

In her leisure time, Ms. Slappy has authored the books Til Death Do Us Part: A Marriage Survives the Stress of Military Life, and Generation Impact: An American Family’s Turmoils. She is a member and Past Matron of St. Tabitha Chapter, Order of Eastern Stars; member of Heroines of Jericho; Daughter of Isis; Cyrenes of Prince Hall Affiliation; Free and Accepted Masonry of Kansas Jurisdiction; and NAACP.