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The Growing Years - March 2009
In his autobiographical novel Dusk Recitals, Ghana-born author Fred McBagonluri delivers the startlingly rich and compelling story of one boy and the infinite courage and confidence he musters to break free from a life of famine and hardship. Through unparalleled determination and a keen intellect, he finds his way to America, where he creates for himself a life of learning and, in the end, international respect as a leading scientist. In this poetic and evocative novel, the author has delivered a lyrical tale that lingers in the mind and heart long after the final page is read.
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A Woman to Marry - February 2009
Fred McBagonluri’s lyrical novel, A Woman to Marry, is a fascinating and compelling look into one man’s journey across three continents. The saga of Dery and Trish transcends the concept of a love story and carries the reader across a lifetime of struggle and discovery. Dery, an American of Ghanaian heritage, succeeds academically as an innocent young man at Harvard. As he matures, however, he cannot separate the brutal death of his father in Africa and the deceptions heaped upon him by the women he loves. In his quest for the truth, he meets Trish, and together they share his desperate need to bring his father’s assassins to justice, in a world where justice has rarely prevailed. Only through renewed love and trust is this tormented protagonist finally able to put to rest a lifetime of anger and pain.
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When Tears Stand Still - February 2007
This is the tragic and poignant story of Lemo, a young woman full of promise and ambition, whose life was cruelly cut short by AIDS. Born into the royal family of Putiha, in West Africa, her idyllic early life is described with great charm. But misfortune seemed to dog her. Men and women alike were attracted by her great beauty, but rape and seduction led, all too soon, to her downfall and death. This story is in a sense a morality tale for our age; Lemo stands for so many, in Africa and elsewhere, who have had their lives curtailed by the tragic plague of our time.
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