Veronica Chater is an

American author American literature is literature written or produced in the United States of America and in the colonies that preceded it. The American literary tradition thus is part of the broader tradition of English-language literature, but also inc ...

and memoirist. Chater wrote a

memoir A memoir (; , ) is any nonfiction narrative writing based in the author's personal memories. The assertions made in the work are thus understood to be factual. While memoir has historically been defined as a subcategory of biography or autobi ...

of her childhood, ''Waiting for the Apocalypse: A Memoir of Faith and Family'', highlighting her father's obsession with traditional

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and belief in a coming holy

chastisement Chastisement is the infliction of corporal punishment as defined by law. Minors English common law allowed parents and others who have "lawful control or charge" of a child to use "moderate and reasonable" chastisement or correction. In the 1860 ...

, and her ever-growing family's consequential spiral into poverty. Chater was one of nine children and currently lives in Berkley, California. She is a mother to three boys and one

macaw Macaws are a group of New World parrots that are long-tailed and often colorful. They are popular in aviculture or as companion parrots, although there are conservation concerns about several species in the wild. Biology Of the many differe ...

bird.

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