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If you were born and raised at rock bottom and that was all you ever knew, could you even imagine and believe that something better was possible? A young girl becomes a woman under horrendous circumstances and not only escapes her own hellacious reality but builds up enough strength within herself to then pull others from this same pit.

On the streets of Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, and Inglewood CA . . . ,and, in a world of chance, survival, hope, greed, and uncertain success,there are tasks that must be accomplished, and somebody has to be manenough to accept the responsibility of that accomplishment. This is allin a world where almost everything you have to do is detrimental. Debo(D-Angelo L. Jackson) teams up with Mad-C (Charles Write) to takeon a mission where they must fight to stay alive. But it's an even harderresponsibility to fight to keep the people they love alive, and to hold onto what rightfully belongs to them. Debo and Mad-C uses their skills,wisdom, and common sense to deal with the people who are trying totear their world apart. They are up against a crooked politician whoembezzled one hundred and fifty million dollars from his own campaigncontribution fund, a multi-millionaire and C.E.O. and chairman of theboard of directors of a very prominent yacht club in Malibu, California,and two D.E.A. agents who also have a "e;little something"e; up their sleeves.Debo also has the help of his adopted little sister, Joyvette Hernandez, whokeeps him in check and watches over him, but is also put in harm's way.She is bright, cautious and very alert. With all this pulling at them, theyhave to keep each other alive. They have until Christmas day to completetheir mission. Will they make it through alive by Christmas Day? Or, willChristmas day find them all dead?

Toward the end of the Depression, the Ludaks struggled with jobs, ethnic hostility,and widespread class prejudice in their upstate New York factory hometown ofThompsonville. But life for their daughter Joanna proves wide and adventurous;jubilant, if sometimes terrifying. Her coming-of-age as a Polish Catholic, blue-collar,scrubbed but culturally hobbled youngster is a riveting fictional odyssey of painfulconfrontations with both natal and dominant community values. Into this turbulentmix, America's entrance into World War II brings further lifestyle changes anddisruptive values into Thompsonville. The family nexus cannot hold. Uncle Sam andAunt Albina reach for the prize of the American brass ring. While Joanna's motherBertha resonates to their success and strives to emulate their example, Dad Ludakmeanders in his noman's land of bitter unresolved conflicts. Joanna alone promisesto approach the self-actualization that has always been her goal.

Theresa Dove-Waters brings to herservice a wealth of experiencegleaned through two careers: oneas an Ordained United Methodist ChurchPastor and the other as a collegiate-leveleducator. Waters worked at several collegesin Florida and Georgia for over 30 years asan Administrator and College Professor. Shetaught on a range of subject matter duringthat time, from religion to other socialsciences subject matter. Also, during hertime in Higher education, she served in several supervisory positions,including as director of minority affairs.Waters received her Bachelor and Masters of Education degreesfrom the University of North Florida before going on to earn a Masterof Divinity, with a concentration in religious education, from EmoryUniversity's prestigious Candler School of Theology.She is a past board member of the Southeastern Institute onChemical Dependency and has held numerous lectures and workshopson substance abuse and addiction. Additionally, she started a supportgroup for young women: Saving Ourselves: Black Women of TodayHelping Black Women of Tomorrow in Jacksonville, Florida.Other community services include serving on several boards ofdirectors and listed in Who's Who in the South and Southwest, inAmerican Education and of American Women.

In Day By Day Living With Epilepsy, Ralph V. Brooksnarrates his life experience with epilepsy throughpersonal essays, educational articles, children's poetry,and a collection of poems.