Emelda Kennerly

Anaiah, an African American girl growing up in the deep south, becomes orphaned at the age of 12, independent at the age of 15 and embarks on an odyssey that takes her from her hometown of Bogalusa, Louisiana to an exclusive New England all-girls school.  The odyssey continues leaving five husbands and two intense relationships in its wake.  In the end, she is not only a successful executive, but the First Lady of her church.  Still waters run deep in this story, the author takes the readers below the waters' surface.