Amanda M. Cetas, Award Winning Author
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Amanda M. Cetas is the author of the award-winning historical fiction adventure series, A Country for Castoffs. She was inspired to write these stories from two decades of researching her own family history. The first three installments can be viewed below, while the fourth is in production.
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She taught diverse grade-level and Advanced Placement courses in American, European, World history, government and economics to high school and middle school students for fourteen years.
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Amanda lives in Tucson, Arizona for most of the year with her husband and two little Yorkie mixes. She escapes when she can to the ever-changing Sea of Cortez in Puerto Pensaco, Mexico, the awe-inspiring mountain forests of Northern Arizona, and anywhere her SUV and travel trailer can take her. She has three grown children and four amazing grandchildren to keep her active!
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I learned early on that faith and family are the most important things in life. Faith provides the basis for our world view. Family defines who we are. Family should stand beside you when no one else will; family should care for you, protect, help, correct, and love you. No matter what you do, or don’t do, family is supposed to forgive. Tragically, this is not always the case. Family should be the safety net and the launching point. How we see the world is shaped by our family experiences and beliefs.
In researching my family genealogy, I have discovered that just as my living family does today, my ancestors, for hundreds of years into the past, had diverse thoughts, beliefs, cultures, and experiences. They argued and fought with one another over politics, religion, and loyalties. There were tragedies and disfunction too. They also loved, supported, protected, and forgave. They have defined who I am today. -- Amanda, 2019