Wednesday's Child: A Life Story

At fifteen, Carter Taylor Seaton’s halcyon childhood ended when she became pregnant. Her mother said it broke her father’s heart but as readers will soon realize, the relationship that was most impacted was the one with her mother. As Seaton relates her life’s stories, we see a girl determined to both achieve her childhood dreams and to regain her mother’s approval. Love, divorce, the struggles of raising children in the 1970s, the death of her brother, her best friend, and her son, constitute a wild ride through a life of tribulations. Yet, through an accidental career and the determined reinvention of herself, she finds joy right alongside the woe.

Carter Taylor Seaton is the author of two novels, Father’s Troubles and amo, amas, amat . . . an unconventional love story, the biography of former Congressman, Ken Hechler, The Rebel in the Red Jeep; numerous magazine articles, and several essays and short stories. She has directed a rural craft cooperative, was nominated for the Ladies Home Journal “Women of the Year 1975” Award, and ran three marathons―Atlanta, New York City, and Marine Corps―after she was fifty.  A ceramic sculptor living in Huntington, West Virginia, she is one of three 2013 winners of the Tamarack Fellowship awards, being recognized for sculpture and writing.

Location: Huntington, WV