Elizabeth

About the Book

The author Chris Taylor uses old family stories told to him by his Uncle Billy and the letters written between him and his mother Elizabeth to tell the story of a brave and courageous woman who changes her life from being an alcoholic to being a woman who falls in love with God. Elizabeth and her two brothers and their parents lived in Florida on Ft. George Island across the St. John ’s River from Jacksonville where they ran a Fish Camp and had various encounters with a panther, a bear, and sharks. For fun, Elizabeth and her younger brother Billy would bore holes in the other kid’s boats and then blow them up with cherry bombs which lead to them being banned from the river. Elizabeth was married five times. The marriages ended with extreme domestic violence involving a baseball bat, a shovel, coke bottles and a potato rake, and the broken neck of a liquor bottle. The last marriage was peaceful but ended when Elizabeth was diagnosed with cervical cancer. When her last husband leaves, her son Chris who is in the Navy claims her as his dependent. They develop a strong relationship which can be read about in the letters they wrote to each other. When Elizabeth dies Chris begins a downward spiral into alcoholism. After moving to Georgia Chris learns that he has a half sister and when they meet his life is changed forever.

About the Author

Chris Taylor grew up in Tampa, Florida and upon graduation from high school centered the Navy. After receiving an honorable discharge Chris went into restaurant work. At the age of 46 he changed his career and enrolled in massage school to become a Nationally Certified Licensed Massage Therapist. He comes from a long line of Florida and Georgia ancestors, some famous. His mother Elizabeth was born in historic Micanopy, FL where her father’s ancestors came to settle from Bern, Switzerland. His grandmother is of Native American descent. The author now lives and practices massage in southern Georgia.