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NEW NOVEL, PROBLEMS IN LIVING, OFFERS INSIDER VIEW OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN
Added: (Tue Apr 20 2004)
(Hampton, Georgia, April 19, 2004) The plight of the black woman has been sparsely addressed in mainstream/contemporary fiction. PROBLEMS IN LIVING (Publish America, Summer 2004), by new author, Melissa Brown Levine, allows a window for observation of the complex experience of the black woman in relation to family, love, sexuality—her place in American society and the African American community.
The story’s protagonist, LANA HOWARD, refuses to give her husband children after being pushed to have an abortion prior to their fourteen-year marriage. In lieu of motherhood, Lana nurtures her extended family by playing rescuer to her brother’s battered wife, comforter and counselor to her chronically depressed, pregnant sister, and punching bag to her briskly cold mother. Lana speaks in a candid voice about her passion and pain, displaying the difficulty involved in keeping up the appearance of unwavering strength while simultaneously battling with feelings of vulnerability and inadequacy.
Levine has worked in adult mental health and forensics counseling focusing on women’s issues. She holds a master’s degree in counseling.
The full media kit is available online at http://problemsinliving.tripod.com/. Media reviewers may send written requests for complimentary review copies to support@publishamerica.com or fax to 301-631-9073.
Problems in Living
Melissa Brown Levine
PublishAmerica, 2004
ISBN: 1-4137-2333-0
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