In “Golden’s Rule”, we are introduced to 14 year-old Madison Bergamo. Maddie has it all an amazing family, great friends, good grades, and amazing talent on the basketball court. Known as “The Montclair Flash”, Maddie has her life planned all around becoming a professional basketball player, her goals are to attend an Ivy League school on a basketball scholarship, make it to the Olympics, and then play in the WMBA. Everything seems to be going down the right track, until one day her world, as she knows it comes crashing down around her. Unable to make her leg move during a basketball game, she is diagnosed with having a brain tumor. No longer is free to worry about the typical teenage dramas, Maddie soon finds her days are filled with doctor visits, hospital stays, and surgeries. Feeling like she was watching her life slip away from her grip, Maddie’s mother give to the recollections of her great-great-great grandmother, Golden Lea Jackson, who was born into slavery. As Golden Lea writes down the many trials and hardships she faced during the years she was captive, the two although they have never met form a bond. Together the race to save themselves from the bleak existence the see before them, one races for the shores of freedom while the other races to stay alive. Through her recollections Golden Lea helps Maddie draw courage and bravery from with in and helps her to depend upon the Lord.

“Golden’s Rule”, is a heart-warming tale of trials, hardships, and the will to overcome them all. As each of them share their story, C.E. Edmonson takes the reader along with them on their journey for freedom. Brilliantly Edmonson has blended the lives of two strangers that have become bound to each other through their courage. “Golden’s Rule”, is defiantly a book that you should read no matter of your age.