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Beyond Absolution
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Residing in rural southern Oklahoma, it has only been within the last seven years that Thomas Kidwell has come to fully express his passion for writing. In his novel, Beyond Absolution, he writes about the disassociation with God that is experienced by a young man in the early 1820s when the young man loses his wife and daughters to an epidemic of cholera.

Those people reading this book who know Thomas Kidwell, as I do, will recognize that he is expressing depths of grief that can only be expressed by someone who has experienced that grief firsthand. The personal tragedy that fell upon the leading characters life is a tragedy that has affected most everyone at one time or another, and its a tragedy that is vividly familiar to Thomas.

As the book so eloquently illustrates, God can sustain us during these difficult timesunless we choose to turn away from him. The hero in Beyond Absolution finds that his journey away from God is leading him nowhere. Can he redeem himself in the eyes of God? Can he find the peace and companionship that he so desperately craves? Beyond Absolution is truly a fascinating read with a powerful message.
Dr. H. Norman Stillwell

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Release dateMay 22, 2014
ISBN9781489702166
Beyond Absolution
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Thomas Kidwell

Residing in the south-central plains of rural Oklahoma, near the banks of the famous Red River, Thomas Kidwell lives a quiet life in Hastings, Oklahoma. As an active member and deacon of Hastings Baptist Church and a thirty-second degree Master Mason, Tom is also embracing his desire to serve his community. With a thirty-year career in the corporate world under his belt, Tom, and his wife, Glenda, are enjoying the fruits of retirement. In addition to his life in the corporate world, Tom has been a captain in the Merchant Marines, owner of a landscape company in Virginia, a charter boat captain, a farmer, and a cowboy.

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