Author Marc-Vincent Jackson's new book "A Thousand Points of Light" is an engaging tale of interwoven lives and voices in 1980s Senegal
Recent release "A Thousand Points of Light" from Page Publishing author Marc-Vincent Jackson is a captivating work that magically recounts an unappreciated Fatou Ka's burning quest to be reunited with her true love, who turns out to be Malcolm Lavelle King, an unlikely tragic antihero from Los Angeles serving as a disgruntled development volunteer.
LOS ANGELES, June 18, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Marc-Vincent Jackson, an educator specializing in world languages, has completed his new book "A Thousand Points of Light": a gripping and potent that brilliantly weaves together the stories of various characters.
Beautiful and determined, an outcast Senegalese woman clings relentlessly to dreams of her beloved savior, a lost folklore hero, returning to her from across the ocean. Broken but wise, a devoted griot painfully witnesses and faithfully tells her dogged plight, loving her from afar and mostly in vain. Committed American volunteers zealously navigate a developing culturally rich African country, becoming intimately immersed, and sometimes, unwittingly entangled. Alienated and frustrated, one unsuspecting volunteer bitterly chronicles his uneasy experiences with unsparing criticism. A desperate journey, an unspoken heart, patriotic dedication, and a candid diary lyrically meld into a seamless mystical reality with surprising results.
Author Marc-Vincent Jackson writes, "That evening, Ndeysa, Mother-Ancestor, comes to Rama and Fatou's hut. Fatou's stomach tightens at the realization that she is now to become a woman in the Fula way, by blood. Looking at her mother's and Ndeysa's faces, she lets her eyes fall on the two rice-sized marks, puffed and black, which frame their eyes and bring tears to hers. Their faces, and very soon hers, were not like the French faces in her schoolbooks. This, she could accept. But the rest of the bloody rit-ual, the excision, she had vowed to herself not to endure. She had discussed this at school with some of the other girls whose tribes had the same ritual and had decided that while scarring is a visual must, excision is dangerous and unnecessary. Besides, French girls and other toubabs didn't do it…."
Published by Page Publishing, Marc-Vincent Jackson's mesmerizing tale is inspired by the author's United States Peace Corps service during George H. W. Bush's presidency.
Readers who wish to experience this original work can purchase "A Thousand Point of Light" at bookstores everywhere, or online at the Apple iTunes Store, Amazon, Google Play, or Barnes and Noble.
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