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 In
Tears and Blood
New
Novel Tells the Fascinating Account of a Rebel Soldier
in Liberia's Civil Wars
Lawrenceville, NJ “ (August 16, 2006) A boy's
life in Liberia is shattered by a civil war that tears
apart this West African country, his parents murdered
before his very eyes. Driven by revenge, he joins
a rebel army, becoming a refugee when the rebellion
is defeated. Is it too late to reclaim the peace he
once had as a boy? Follow his account in a story of
undying hope in a world of unlimited horror in the
intriguing novel In Tears and Blood by author Emmanuel
Clarke.
This book is the first account of a soldier fighting
in the Liberian civil wars. It is one of the very
few books written about the strife in Liberia, a country
of great Black American interest because of its history
of being founded by former American slaves. Although
it is fiction, In Tears and Blood was partly inspired
by the author's experiences while growing up in Liberia,
West Africa. It contains a distinctive look at the
racism within the black community ' how different
sects of Black Liberians persecute and hate other
sects of Black Liberians.
Clarke is the first Liberian writer to masterfully
craft the Liberian crisis into something that is both
educationally entertaining and emotionally pulse pounding.
This unique first-person account of a boy caught in
a man's war, portrays how the strife in Liberia has
affected the moral fabric of this struggling country.
Yet despite all this, hope and faith can still rise
above terror and evil. Readers will be glued to the
pages of this fascinating story and will even be left
breathless long after reading this amazing novel.
About the Author
Born against the backdrop of war and civil strife
in Liberia, Emmanuel Clarke fled to neighboring Sierre
Leone, where he began his writing career in the late
1990s as a reporter for “Footprints'
newspaper in Freetown. In 1998, he came to the United
States to join his mother who had emigrated to Hightstown,
N.J., a few years earlier. He continued to write short
stories while pursuing a college degree, and ultimately
earned an AAS in Computer Programming from Mercer
County Community College and a BS in Engineering from
the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Currently
residing in Lawrenceville, N.J., is employed as a
management information systems coordinator for a company
in Princeton, N.J., does business consulting in IT
and is an adjunct professor at Mercer County Community
College. In his free time he writes fiction and non-fiction
and is choir director at a local Lutheran Church in
Trenton, and has ghost written several short stories
and memoirs.
In Tears and Blood * by Emmanuel Clarke
Growing Up With Rebels
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Book synopsis
Raymond returns to his native Liberia, hopeful that
with a new president in command that country would
finally know peace and prosperity, but he is haunted
by a childhood in which he was surrounded by war and
killing, tears and blood.
He recalls coming of age very quickly during Liberia's
seemingly endless era of bloody civil strife. At the
age of six, he witnesses the violent rape of his mother
by unknown gunmen during a government coup in which
his father is taken captive.
Mixed political sentiments clash at home. His mother,
Martha, brainwashes him into believing that the Americans
(mainly former U.S. President Jimmy Carter) are responsible
for Liberia's mayhem. Conversely, Raymond's father,
Fred, a successful businessman and top civilian advisor
to the Liberian government, disputes his mother's
claim.
As civil war erupts, young Raymond tries to understand
what turns neighbor against neighbor. When his entire
family is murdered, he vows revenge. Unknowingly,
his father's murderer adopts Raymond and makes him
a soldier. In yet another ironic twist, Raymond ultimately
comes face to face with the man his mother had taught
him to hate, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter.
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 Liberia
Smiles
Congratulations
Shoana Cachelle on the publication of your recently
released book Liberia Smiles....
The
book gives a pictorial insight into what life is currently
like in Liberia. Shoana took beautiful still shots
of people and places, from different areas of the
country, artistically arranged and presented them
in this wonderful book.
The
presentation is excellent, the colors vibrate, the
message hopeful, and browsing the book, not only brought
smiles to my face, but it left me aching to go home.
Congratulations again and thanks for giving the world
this wonderful book on Africa.
~ Ciata Victor
 Through
The Valley of the Shadow of Death
by
Levi C. Williams
This
book is not only about the brutal civil war in the
West African Republic of Liberia, it is especially
about how the Church in Liberia became involved in
the peace process at a tremendous cost. This is a
true story of what Christians can do in times of conflict,
and of one minister whose faith and courage helped
him survive as he made his way out of Liberia's capital,
Monrovia, and traveled through the "valley of
the shadow of death". The book ends on a note
of hope for Liberia.
Levi
C. Williams is a United Methodist minister. Originally
from Liberia, West Africa, he received graduate degrees
from Perkins School of Theology, SMU, in Dallas, and
from Candler School of Theology at Emory University
in Atlanta. Levi was dean and professor of theology
and ethics at the Gbarnga School of Theology in Liberia.
He is currently developing a peacebuilding, conflict
management and reconciliation project, of which this
book is the second of three stages of the project.
Levi is co-author with Sister Mary Laurene Browne,
OSF, of the book Joseph Jenkins Roberts: Our President,
Our Father, published by Herald Publishing Inc. in
Liberia. He is the author of Peacebuilding Is a Mission
Mandate, published by Xulon Press. Levi lives in Indiana
with his family.
ISBN
1-59781-408-3
PRICE:
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From the author at: lcw22001@yahoo.com.
Send money order only. Please include $1.50 for postage.
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