About

About

Carolyn Clare Givens is a displaced Northerner exploring the foreign ways of the South. She works in communications at New City Church in North Carolina and is the CEO of Bandersnatch Books, a small press publisher of treasures found off the beaten path, books that might otherwise be overlooked in the vast world of publishing. Carrie has been part of the publishing process on more than 30 books. She’s also the author of a middle-grade chapter book, The King’s Messenger, and a young adult fantasy, Rosefire, published by Bandersnatch Books.

Carrie lives in Charlotte with her literary cat, Lord Peter Wimsey. She has previously bumped around the world, both as a missionary kid and adult.  

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What is "We none of us deserve forgiveness"?

“We none of us deserve forgiveness” is the closing line of the sixth chapter of The King’s Messenger, Carolyn Clare Givens’ first novel. In that story, Smuggins, who has failed to accomplish a task given to him by the King, hears the King tell the tale of confronting his Enemy and eventually offering him forgiveness for his rebellion. Smuggins has to wrestle with the fact that his failure to do what the King asked is not that different from the rebellion of the King’s Enemy—and that neither of them deserves to be forgiven.