Unspoken Truth looks like an exciting story. Please tell us a little about it.
This story began years before our mother passed., One day
in 2014, I received a phone call from a stranger announcing he is my brother we
never knew about; I was shocked and stunned by his findings and finding
siblings he never knew existed. Based on my mother's history of undocumented
abuse, his mere existence would become only part of the key that would unlock
my mother's pandora's box that would answer so many unanswered questions
regarding her darkness, her past, and her anger. It would become my mission to
find out all of the answers to who my mother really was and why to the many
unanswered questions she would take with her to her grave.
Any plans to turn it into a series?
Still waiting; it's a possibility. I'm tossing that thought around.
How long did it take you to write "Unspoken
Truth?"
I began writing this story in August 2016 and completed "Unspoken Truth From A Buried Past" in the winter/spring of 2021
What inspired the idea for your book?
After hearing my brothers' story and the Ancestry.com
platform DNA, which led him to my front door, meeting him for the 1st time,
slowly but surely, the missing pieces and answers to an already existing broken
puzzle began to form. It was a story that needed to be told and how it has and
would continue to affect everyone involved, possibly for the remainder of our
lives.
How did you come up with the title for your book?
Our mother was gone and unable to defend the "why's
along with the many questions her son and six remaining surviving children who
knew her would ask of her. She would take her devasting secret with her to her
grave. The one person that would be able to answer the why and all other
questions surrounding this event was still alive at the time and was able to
solidify the timeline of events that took place between Charleston, S.C and
Philadelphia, PA, in 1956/1957. We met for the 1st time, speaking openly and
candidly together for 17 hours during the summer of 2016 when he was 90 years
old. He was her 1st husband. He passed in the fall of 2018 at the age of 92.
Subsequently, a close relative and I came up with the title and subtitle based
on the death of our mother taking her secret with her to her grave:
"Unspoken Truth From A Buried Past"
Did anything stick out as particularly challenging when writing Unspoken Truth?
Yes, having to write of the abuse and my mother's
darkness surrounding her demise, uncovering the why plots of twists and turns.
There were many emotional roller-coaster rides for me while writing this story.
I also felt my mother's presence asking for forgiveness, simultaneously
encouraging me to write this story, to put this story out there so that her
story could help many others like her. In the end, for me, there was a sense of
healing.
What do you like to do when not writing?
Travel, read, relax somewhere exotic and beautiful, spend
time with my family/grandchildren, who are the lights of my life, ponder my
future titles, then write again.
Where can readers find out more about your work?
www.kylensbarron.com or google my name: Kylen S. Barron