In His Hands

About the Book

In His Hands is the true story of the author and her struggle to live a Christian life as the daughter of an alcoholic father. Her mother strived to raise seven children to be God-fearing people. This she did with a minimal help of her husband. The children had little, but they were happy when their father was not drinking. He quit drinking when the children grew up and left home.

About the Author

Joyce Girdley Risinger was born in Jeffersontown, Kentucky, the first of seven children. She dropped out of school at the age of sixteen to help her mother. She married a navy man when she was seventeen, and they are the parents of three. They now live in Elizabeth City, North Carolina.