Allen HernPastor Allen Hern, Reba's cousin and the author of this book, was Reba's executor and preached her funeral sermon. At the time of her death at 91 years of age in the year 2000, Reba had filled forty journals with her cramped handwriting. These becamethe basis for Challenge and Change: The Travails and Joys of a Complex Woman. To assist him in writing this book, Pastor Hern and his wife visited Nassau, meeting professors in the University and others who knew Reba personally or were able to help him research.

Also by Allen Hern is the biography of his parents (and himself ): A Good Heritage - the story of Lew and Mabel Hern, published in 2020. Pastor Hern and his wife, Sheila, live in Kamloops, BC. They have been in British Columbia for forty-four years after arriving from Ontario in 1977. Together they have had two pastorates in Ontario and five in BC. Read More Read Less