"You can find your way to a better place"
Growing up in a harsh, unloving home in the segregated South, her only consolation was the quiet assurance that God loved her no matter what.
MEET THE AUTHOR
JULIETTE MCNEIL was born in Birmingham, Alabama. She attended Alabama State University, where she earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting and Economics. Juliette had a distinguished career with the Federal Government for more than 25 years and is a retired member of the Senior Executive Service.
She began her career as a Defense Contract Auditor and was instrumental in saving the Federal Government tens of millions of dollars. She also played a pivotal role in standardizing and implementing business principles for Information Technology resources throughout the Department of Defense (DOD). In addition, she was the first Black woman to serve as Director of Financial Management for the Environmental Protection Agency.
Juliette earned numerous awards and professional distinctions, including a Bronze Medal for commendable service. In recognition of her many contributions to the DOD, a United States flag was flown over the Pentagon in honor of her retirement.
In her private life, Juliette serves as President of the McNeil Family Foundation, through which she was a major donor to the National Museum of African American History and Culture. A former Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees at Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Virginia, she has been active in community service, with a special interest in helping children. Juliette also served as a volunteer in First Lady Michelle Obama’s Correspondence Office.
Juliette has been married to her husband, James, since 1976, and is the proud mother of Ashley, who is married and has two sons.
ABOUT THE BOOK
In From the Cold: What I've Learned About Life, Love, and Letting Go!
Juliette McNeil knows more keenly than many that life isn’t always easy.
Growing up in a harsh, unloving home in the segregated South, her only consolation was the quiet assurance that God loved her no matter what.
That faith brought her through difficult years of loneliness and abuse to a place of healing, from being unwanted in a simple miner’s home to a warm welcome at the White House. It inspired her to find purpose and hope through higher education and a highly successful career with the federal government.
Even more significantly, she has found love in a joyful marriage and devoted family, and reunited with long-lost siblings.
Despite now confronting a serious health challenge, Juliette continues to help others facing the kind of difficulties she once endured, through the McNeil Family Foundation she founded with her husband, James.
And through the pages of In from the Cold she shares some of the lessons she has learned about life, love, and letting go...
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"A compelling story of a coal miner's daughter who was able to rise above the hatred of a wicked stepmother and an unloving father."
Sarah Wright
Portage, IN
"I never tired of reading the story of Cinderella even though I knew it was fiction. Juliette McNeil’s story is real! This is no sugar-coated, “sentimental journey;” rather it’s a pull-back-the-cover, gut-wrenching revelation of a painful past and her inspiring emergence from it. Many people would have been broken by the conditions Juliette faced growing up in rural Alabama. She not only survived…she excelled! Even though she has “come in from the cold,” you will see that she’s not done yet! This is a must-read! You will be amazed and inspired!"
Vernell “Vee” Howell
Fort Washington, MD
"A must read with candor and intimacy! The author recounts her life growing up in the south; a journey that offers an inspiring testament to her extraordinary determination in the power of believing in oneself."
Elizabeth Keith
Huntsville, AL
"Fantastic read! Juliette McNeil takes us on a incredible journey from the Jim Crow south to the halls of the White House...there is a God!"
