Lessons of Life

?Lessons of Life? captures the life experiences of 15 talented authors from diverse backgrounds, provoking emotions from laughter to tears. Personal biographies of life changing events include times of war and peace, death and birth, and crisis and redemption. Poems and essays provide first person accounts of prejudice, autism, date rape, AIDS, and the struggle for the equality of the sexes. In stark contrast are inspiring stories exposing the love of people from different cultures across the United States, South America, India, and Asia. With unrelenting hope for the next generation, the authors share the challenges of youth and reveal the secrets to aging in today's complex world supported by the blessings of friends, Mother Nature, puppies, and especially grandchildren - and resolves the mystery of whether deer hunting is really better than sex.