This book provides variances of neglect, abuse, abandonment, and displacement by illustrating factors that affect today’s youth. The fictional storyline replicates similar circumstances occurring in today’s homes. The book highlights families that are considered true Samaritans of love and care as they adopt and foster suffering children. It is a book for all ages.
(PRWEB) January 2, 2006 -- The dynamics of families are ever-changing due to adoptions and foster care processes. It is important for everyone to transition with patience, acceptance and understanding. Finally there is a Realistic fictional tale titled, “Memories of a Cherry Blossom Tree,” by Fletcher Johnson Jr., that is designed to assist agencies, educators, counselors, parents and children with this transition. They will find love, joy, peace, patience and compassion in this book.
This story takes place in Georgia during the early 1900s. The five female characters in this story come from painful backgrounds that eventually lead them into an orphanage of love. As they gather underneath a Cherry Blossom Tree, a majestic transformation takes place as they exchange dreams of being adopted by international families. As they transition throughout the story, their dreams began to come true. Each of the girls get to travel to countries other than their homeland and began experiencing exciting journeys. Each child that depart, has her name carved into the Cherry Blossom Tree. This was their way of holding on to the memories that they all shared together.
The lady in this story constantly nurtures and cuddles the characters as they await their adoptive parents arrival. The story invites readers to explore other worlds. You can expect to find poetic lines, rhymes and a dramatic ending. It inspires and leaves readers with a sense of compassion. It also brings attention to domestic and international adoption agencies that connects families with children from all over the world. The book is multi-dimension in the fact that it contains a novel, a recipe for a muffin related to the story, dramatization and a dinner theater menu.
As a former Police Officer, Crime Scene Investigator, teacher, and assistant principal, the author was inspired to write this book after witnessing countless numbers of abused, displaced, neglected and abandoned youth. His first-hand eyewitness accounts led him to come up with this idea of reaching out to the caregivers and youth. After observation, the author, Fletcher Johnson Jr., a former Crime Scene Identification Technician, decided to write this book.
He investigated cases ranging from child abuse to child neglect. He was later selected to be a Community Police Officer and noticed several displaced youths who were left abandoned. He observed social service agenices scrambling for answers. As an educator, he also observed counselors struggling to find tools to help parents and students cope with the adoptive/fostering process.
He believed that society needed a book that would give them a passion to save today's lost youth. The author credits his mother who was a caretaker and foster parent.
This book provides the necessary ingredients for supporting those who have and are considering adopting and fostering children.
The author has taken his mission a step further by visiting schools, churches, rotary clubs and agencies to conduct book talk programs, writing workshops and raise awareness regarding the issue of adopting and fostering children. He has been featured in newspaper articles, hosted on talk shows and sold-out booksignings at major book stores like Barnes & Nobles, Dalton Books and local schools. He is available for press interviews and speaking engagements.
Millions of readers are complimenting the essence of love that this book brings to adoption and foster care. This book can be purchased at local book stores and online at Amazon.com, Authorhouse.com, Barnes & Nobles.com, Books-A-Million.com, Buy.com and other major selling websites.
Preview the book at this authorhouse website: http://www.authorhouse.com/BookStore/ItemDetail.aspx?bookid=31126!
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