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A Family Gathering CONTACT: Nancy Eddy, Publicist (415) 883-0174 By Gene Cartwright - $27.95. Hard Cover,6x9, 512 pages Falcon Creek Publishing Company Co. U.S. Distributors: Brodart Co., Baker & Taylor and Publisher at www.falconcreekbooks.com books@falconcreekbooks.com

It was 1974Éthe South.

She was 12; he was 16.
She was black, the daughter of Baptist minister;
he was white, the son of privilege.
What happened...changed her life forever.
His was unaffected, until the passing of 14 years,
a vicious murder,
a callous display of arrogance and power,
an unexpected visitor...
and A Family Gathering.

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On May 15, 1974, 12 year-old, Deborah Yvonne Davis lived the last day of her first life.

An innocent ride down Crispus Attucks Road in backwater, Reedville, Arkansas–with the son of the most powerful family in Arkansas–would change her life forever.

Author Gene Cartwright's third, and long-awaited novel, A FAMILY GATHERING, has been fourteen years in the making. It is not hyperbole to say that not since "The Color Purple," published in 1982, has a novel about the black experience been poised to create such a whirlwind of praise, debate, controversy and recognition.

Cartwright's saga, depicting the 'tragic to triumphant' life of Deborah Yvonne Davis–a young southern girl, daughter of a rural, Baptist preacher–is steeped with realism and vivid detail from the very first paragraph. It takes risks, pulls no punches regarding racism, bigotry, politics, and family turmoil– affecting blacks and whites. This superbly written novel is so filled with flavor, texture, detail and realism; it would be a disservice, to say more here.

Some will decry the author's revelation of the internecine–black on black–warfare within the black community. They will say it reveals too much. But no one will say it is not an honest portrayal. The characters are so well developed, you will swear you know these people.

And the gripping book jacket gives but a hint of what is to come. One cannot view this book, even from a distance, and not be drawn in...to at least examine it further. But beware. You are soon drawn in to the story of this young girl separated from her parents and four siblings for fourteen years.

During her exile, Deborahe is forced to create a new identity in Chicago, with an aunt who takes her in. But she fails to escape the demons that drive her to attempt suicide. Still, she triumphs, confounding those who pray she never returns to Reedville. But she does return...to A Family Gathering—a decision which unleashes forces that yield both life and death.

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Gene Cartwright's first novel, I Never Played Catch With My Father, controversial because the author dared to write outside his own ethnicity, is till in print. The novel took him on a two-year, coast to coast tour with wide national media, including NPR and Oprah. It earned him well-deserved acclaim and commercial success. Half Moon, Full Heart is his second novel. (Author photo at: http://falconcreekbooks.com/authorphoto.html)

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