Coming to Forgiveness:
A Daughter's Story of Race, Rage and Religion
by Ronita Johnson
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San Francisco becomes a most cherished memory when, in 1953, six-year old Ronita realizes she is living with a zealot as a father in bigoted Minden, Louisiana. Her father imposes an assignment on her to live up to his unbending standards of perfection—one she cannot meet no matter how hard she tries. Is it because of the terrible secret she harbors within? Maybe. But she soon discovers that the holy man has a secret too.
Desperate to placate her father and be the “good” daughter, she begins a journey of deception hiding behind behaviors that mask her true self. Secrets, lies, desire, and naiveté control Ronita’s adolescence, until an anonymous letter addressed to her father arrives on a cold day in February 1963—a letter with consequences that will forever after affect the choices she makes in her life.
Set in a tumultuous time in American history, Coming to Forgiveness follows a daughter’s love for her father as she grows up with religious fanaticism, hypocrisy, betrayal, and deceit. As a result, she searches for acceptance in all the wrong places. It is only through her unsinkable spirit that she finds lasting joy—forgiving herself, so that she may forgive others.
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