This week I have the pleasure of introducing Thomas Trezise, who has worn many hats in his life and has penned a book with an interesting premise.
Tom is a retired lawyer and corpor
ate executive with over twenty years of experience as a Methodist lay preacher. Raised in Appalachia, he proudly calls himself a hillbilly at heart. He is the executive director of The Everyday Kingdom, a non-profit devoted to fostering a community that helps people find and experience the peace, purpose, and joy available from living every day in Christ’s Kingdom. He and his wife, Kathy, live in Ponte Vedra, Florida, and have two adult children. He enjoys reading at the beach and playing golf.
His Novel
Former Things Forgotten tells the story of Tessa Gibbs, a coal miner’s daughter from the coal fields of eastern Tennessee who rebels against her judgmental father and his God. Although her early years are almost idyllic as a daddy’s girl, losing his job and moonshine make her father mean. Getting religion makes him cruel and judgmental.
Red-headed and determined, Tessa is desperate to escape her father, his God, and her home in the Appalachian Mountains. The mountains are woven deep into her soul, but she also has always yearned for something beyond her mountains. Tessa resolves to leave them to prove she needs neither her father nor God. When a college scholarship provides the key to a new life, Tessa leaves the mountains. She finds her career and romance, but remains unfilled, always reaching for something beyond.
Created for a kingdom of which she has no earthly memory, Tessa doesn’t know she was part of a failed rebellion against God in heaven and sent to be born on fallen earth. Will she continue to choose her own path of rebellion and resist all efforts to bring her back to the Kingdom? But in rebellion will she also leave her soul behind? An intense battle wages to return her soul to God . . . and may require an ultimate sacrifice.
This intriguing and unforgettable story of love at the intersection of heaven and earth, where relationships are eternal and hard choices determine destinies, examines the questions, answers, and consequences of life lived for self or for God
Website: Thomas Trezise’s Library
The ebook is available on Amazon: Amazon Former Things Forgotten
The print version is available through my publisher, Redemption Press (Redemption Former Things Forgotten), or most online booksellers.
Reviewer Response
Brad P, wrote:
“Former Things Forgotten is beautifully written with exceptional character development. If you have spent any time in the Appalachian Mountains, you can picture Tessa as a child, and her growth and experiences feel real to life.
“The plot of Tessa’s life is reason enough to recommend this book, but the imagery of the thin line between the heavenly and earthly realm make this a must read. While centered in fiction, the imagery is thought provoking and provides an illustration of the unimaginable.
“I had trouble putting this book down when I was reading it, and am still thinking about it a week later. This is a book that will stick with you.”
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