That’s How Heartaches Are Made

About the Book

Cornelius Alexander Anderson Jr., a.k.a. the Deuce, is the privileged only son of the president of an HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities). He is the darling of his prominent family with his life completely planned and directed by the family. He is not even allowed to choose the woman he must marry in order to produce the expected heir to carry on the prominent line. Through his own grit and determination, he becomes a well-known professional basketball player. The renown and wealth that comes from his skill and talent in his chosen profession is never accepted by his family as worthy. It is not surprising that his family views his eventual choice of a companion for himself the same way. Elaine Drummond is a young woman who has never really known who she is, although she has always been aware of what society dictates for her. She has grown up knowing that she must keep to her “place.” Something inside of her makes her rebel against her dictatorial mother who claims to want to keep her safe by keeping her away from the harsh experiences that the world always gives to girls like her. Elaine cannot let herself trust. She knows better than to hope or believe. It is no surprise that devastating fireworks are the result of their meeting. There is no way to avoid the hand of fate. Someone will surely learn “that’s how heartaches are made.”

About the Author

Elizabeth Walton Cooksey has been a high school teacher of English, a social worker, a newspaper reporter, and a college professor. She is a wife, a mother and grandmother. Her love for writing and telling tales of adventure and free-wheeling lifestyles has roots in her childhood. She loves animals, dogs in particular and loves writing and hearing stories about them. She is a Mississippian and with her husband who is a retired General Motors executive she has lived in many states. She helped her husband to write his autobiography, No Time to Cry, which tells of his Army service during the Viet Nam conflict and his time as the plant manager of the world’s only Corvette plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky. She is now working hard to finish Book 2 of her novel, That’s How Heartaches Are Made.