J. DANA TRENT AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF MEMPHIS
Schedule
Sat, 20 Apr, 2024 at 05:00 pm
Location
First International Baptist Church of Memphis | Memphis, TN
Join First Baptist Church of Memphis as they welcomeJ. DANA TRENT
on
SATURDAY, APRIL 20
at
5:00 pm
to discuss and sign her new memoir
BETWEEN TWO TRAILERS
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ABOUT THE BOOK:
A powerful, unforgettable memoir about a girl who escapes her childhood as a preschool drug dealer in rural Indiana--only to find that no one can really "make it out" until they make peace with where their story began: home
Home, it turns out, is where the war is. It's also where the healing begins.
Dana Trent is only a preschooler the first time she uses a razor blade to cut up W**d and fill dime bags for her schizophrenic father, King. While King struggles with his unmedicated psychosis, Dana's mother, the Lady, a cold and self-absorbed woman whose personality disorders rule the home, guards large bricks of drugs from the safety of their squalid trailer. But when the Lady impulsively plucks Dana from the Midwest and moves the two of them south, their fresh start results in homelessness and bankruptcy. In North Carolina, Dana becomes torn between her gritty midwestern past and her newfound desire to be a polite southern girl, struggling to reconcile her shame with an ache to figure out who she is, and where she belongs.
But the past is never far behind. After persevering through childhood and eventually graduating from Duke University, Dana imagines that her hidden Indiana life is finally behind her, only to realize that running from her upbringing has kept her from making peace with the people and places that shaped her. Ultimately, Dana finds that though love for family is universally complicated, there is no shame in survival, and for those who want it, there is always a path home.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
J. Dana Trent is a speaker, professor, award-winning spirituality author, and minister. A graduate of Duke Divinity School, she teaches world religions and critical thinking at Wake Technical Community College in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Where is it happening?
First International Baptist Church of Memphis, 200 E Parkway N,Memphis,TN,United States