A FORWARD MOTION (Rags to Riches)
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Book Description
‘What happen to the next generations after ‘The Great Migration and ‘The Civil Rights Movement?’ In the novel, A Forward Motion, cousins Danielle and Crystal Alexander’s world is woven into the 1970’s fabric of this inner city transition with entrepreneurial parents, drug trafficking neighbors, and a love that knows no racial boundaries. Danielle compromises personal happiness as she’s sucked into, and mesmerized by the luxuries of the all mighty dollar, even when acquired by illegal means or a legitimately prestigious source. Like many of us, Crystal is unknowingly already rich with integrity, insight, and the ability to wither, and weed out the undesirable's that cross her path. Even if that means challenging friends, family, and man made definitions of Gods will. What is the proper progression for a formally enslaved race? From screaming star struck teenagers to budding entrepreneurs to deep religious convictions. From a troubled store front church to the enchanting world of Disney in Florida to the hottest black funk rock band in the country. From a neighborhood playground to the NBA to a breath taking Wisconsin ski resort. The characters innocent but often-gritty performance make this, a multi-cultural, eclectic thrill ride!
About the Author
S. L. Givhan is the author of several published poems, essays and short stories. She graduated from Chicago's Austin high school class of "76" and majored in journalism and commercial art at Wilber Wright college. Employed ten years at a catholic hospital, she worked her way up to licensed Pharmacy Technician. Givhan took on a full length novel as far back as 1988. But that manuscript would be shelved for several years making way for her first novel In Search Of A Quiet Place, The Jade Sheldon Story Xlibris Press (April 2001) The old manuscripts revision process once again cooled and the authors opinions heated up resulting in her first essay collection, I’ll Holler At You, Personal Essays With An Edge (Imprintbooks January 2003) Here Givhan is giving humanity the scolding she feel we deserve. The empowering theme of the essay collection put the final stamp on the pending manuscript and A Forward Motion was born. (Imprintbooks June 2003) Formatted like a DVD complete with a , trailer, documentary, deleted scenes, and website listed soundtrack, Givhan dive head first into industry taboos with this gritty, mainstream coming-of-age interracial romance set in the seventies. At 48 Givhan currently reside in Chicago, and considers the publication credits her growing immediate family. Visit the authors website at: http://booksbyslgivhan.com
A FORWARD MOTION (Rags to Riches),S. L. GIVHAN,BookSurge Publishing,1591097657,Drama,General,Humor,Topic - Adult,Drama / General
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