Author: E. Brooks Andrews

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Published: 2016-03-01

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780692640593

Special First Edition: Full color interior with family archive photo albums for each chapter! BALANCING ON BARBED WIRE The personal account of lost relationship and redemption with my father, Rev. Emery Andrews, and the WW II Japanese American Internment by E. Brooks Andrews Volume 1 of 3 (Balancing On Barbed Wire Series) ABOUT THE MEMOIR: Growing up as a "PK," a preacher's kid, instills a young boy with dreams of peace and tranquility. A neighborhood rich in ethnic and religious diversity molded the author in the ways of reconciliation. It was an ideal neighborhood, a kind of Norman Rockwell painting in real time. Neighbors knew each other's names. There was a common sense, a belief in the welfare of those, not only on his street, but those passed along through the grapevine. The author's expectations of the idyllic life turns to tragedy as the world plunges headlong in the abyss of world conflict: World War II. Suddenly the world of friendship and loyalty is tested when immigrants and American citizens are forced into the concentration camps of America. The result is an impact on the author that foments his own personal crisis in adulthood. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: E. Brooks Andrews is a public figure, author, key note speaker and educator. He has also appeared in film interviews and is featured in Nitto Tire documentary film "Act of Faith: The Emery Andrews Story." Rev. E. Brooks Andrews is a graduate of Seattle Pacific University and Western Seminary, Portland, Oregon. He served for fifteen years at community Christian fellowship in Edmonds, Washington as the pastor of congregational care. Rev. Andrews retired from his position at the community church in December of 2003. Subsequent to his retiring, "Brooks," as he prefers to be called, and his wife Corean, returned to the Japanese Baptist Church in Seattle where he was the interim Senior Pastor for two years. He actively participates in the Minidoka pilgrimages as well as speaking to public schools of his family's ministry to the Japanese community, especially during the incarceration of the Issei and Nisei at Minidoka during WWII. Brooks Andrews is a former board member for the "Friends of Minidoka." E. Brooks is the son of the Rev. Emery "Andy" Andrews who served as the English pastor at the Japanese Baptist church from 1929 to 1955. Brooks and his wife, Corean, enjoy living in the Pacific Northwest in a small beach home in Washington State. E. Brooks Andrews is an author, speaker and educator. He is available for public speaking engagements, interviews, film and other special guest appearances. Contact Management & Bookings VPGI Enterprises Visit: www.EBrooksAndrews.com www.BalancingOnBarbedWire.com