WGN Midday News interviews Dena Tyson as she discusses her novel "Black Beans 'N Rice" click on the link below to view the footage. http://www.wgntv.com/news/middaynews/middayfix/wgntv-hblock-090409,0,5400649.story
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Book Trailer for "Black Beans 'N Rice"
It's about my life at 17 with a man 15 years older than I was, who gave me a place to live when I otherwise didn't have a place to go. Unfortunately during the time we lived together he began to abuse me both verbally and physically, and even after I got a place of my own I was still afraid to leave him. Later on in my life at 22 I finally found the strength to walk away and the courage to let go, so you journey with me as I struggle to overcome the scars of low self esteem and lack of self worth, one day finding real love for the very first time at 25 years old.
About the story...
Spooney was old enough to be her father but he didn’t care. It made him feel like he still had it and that made him feel good.It’s not all about how you do what you do because Binx was young and didn’t know any better. She had fallen head over heels for him because he was different.As Binx applied the finishing touches to her face, her mother walked in and stood next to her, a questioning look in her eyes. She glared from the mirror and said something Binx would never forget.“You too pretty of a girl to be with such a old man. You’re young and smart… he’s just taking away all of your youth.” She was quite solemn in the way she spoke.What her mother didn’t understand at that time was the damage had already been done, and she stayed not because she wanted to, but because she had to. She suffered Spooney’s abuse both physically and mentally, and walking away wasn’t easy because she was afraid. *Check out the full excerpt here http://www.denatyson.com/aboutus.html
Xceptance
Exceptance
A story about a child that was never wanted or loved, blamed for all things bad happening to everyone else around her, having to face the world alone at 14 with no place to go and no one to turn to.
About the story...
In the 1960’s, Mississippi born Loraine would take Chicago by storm. This gal was built (as they would say), like a coke-a-cola bottle and could belt out a tune that would make Aretha Franklin stand up and take notice. Chicago wasn’t the only place. The folks down in Memphis gave her praise and would come from miles just to listen.All that glitters ain’t gold and after having six children, she would eventually have a lot of explaining to do, particularly to Walter her husband at the time in Chicago. If the Panama Limited could talk a lot could be said, especially about Stigg who worked the 57 line from Chicago to New Orleans.She walked away from her children more than 13 years before, and now has to face her lies and deception head on struggling to seek forgiveness.So many lies had been told about who Augie’s father really was, Loraine didn’t have a clue and Walter wasn’t about to claim ownership and didn’t give no never mind about the situation either, and would not be moved. *Check out the full excerpt here! http://www.denatyson.com/BookXceptance.html
Give Me the Strength
Give Me the Strength
A truly inspiring, witty and courageous story about taking back control of your life. Depicting a young man who suffers a stroke behind the wheel, finding himself in the middle of rush hour traffic. Taking a quote from the novel "the more you do the better you become" were the words of his wife of eighteen years who took his life into her own hands. She never allowed him to stop believing that he could, he never lost hope and he never gave up. Give Me The Strength is about so much more than surviving a stroke. It focuses your attention to what love truly should be in a marriage, a relationship. A true commitment and a bond that should never be broken. About the story...What if on today you came home a different person.Let me say this again, what if... on today... you came home a different person. (Let’s think about that for a second...) Life can change for any of us at any given time in a matter of seconds, and not in our control. What would you do... could you trust your spouse to be there? Your significant other, your family, do you even have family... friends...? Or would you be forced to entrust your life to a complete stranger.These are questions we take for granted each and every one of us. We never prepare ourselves for the unexpected, instead we go on about our lives worrying and complaining about the things that really don’t matter, completely neglecting the things that do.May Four-tenth was like no other for a young couple that was the best of friends and the epitome of what a marriage should be. After eighteen years you think you know the rules of the game but what happens when the game and the players change. You have a whole new set of rules and this time around "time" is not exactly on your side, and where do you begin. This story is about taking back control of your life. It doesn’t matter what the circumstance. It doesn’t matter what you have fallen from, or how far you have fallen. But it is about believing in yourself and getting the strength to moveforward with your life, and that’s what this novel inspires.
Based on a true story*In theatres soon!* Check out the full excerpt here!http://www.denatyson.com/BookGiveMeTheStrength.html
More about Black Beans 'N Rice...
Book Trailer for "Black Beans 'N Rice"
It's about my life at 17 with a man 15 years older than I was, who gave me a place to live when I otherwise didn't have a place to go. Unfortunately during the time we lived together he began to abuse me both verbally and physically, and even after I got a place of my own I was still afraid to leave him. Later on in my life at 22 I finally found the strength to walk away and the courage to let go, so you journey with me as I struggle to overcome the scars of low self esteem and lack of self worth, one day finding real love for the very first time at 25 years old.
About the story...
Spooney was old enough to be her father but he didn’t care. It made him feel like he still had it and that made him feel good.It’s not all about how you do what you do because Binx was young and didn’t know any better. She had fallen head over heels for him because he was different.As Binx applied the finishing touches to her face, her mother walked in and stood next to her, a questioning look in her eyes. She glared from the mirror and said something Binx would never forget.“You too pretty of a girl to be with such a old man. You’re young and smart… he’s just taking away all of your youth.” She was quite solemn in the way she spoke.What her mother didn’t understand at that time was the damage had already been done, and she stayed not because she wanted to, but because she had to. She suffered Spooney’s abuse both physically and mentally, and walking away wasn’t easy because she was afraid. *Check out the full excerpt here http://www.denatyson.com/aboutus.html
Xceptance
Exceptance
A story about a child that was never wanted or loved, blamed for all things bad happening to everyone else around her, having to face the world alone at 14 with no place to go and no one to turn to.
About the story...
In the 1960’s, Mississippi born Loraine would take Chicago by storm. This gal was built (as they would say), like a coke-a-cola bottle and could belt out a tune that would make Aretha Franklin stand up and take notice. Chicago wasn’t the only place. The folks down in Memphis gave her praise and would come from miles just to listen.All that glitters ain’t gold and after having six children, she would eventually have a lot of explaining to do, particularly to Walter her husband at the time in Chicago. If the Panama Limited could talk a lot could be said, especially about Stigg who worked the 57 line from Chicago to New Orleans.She walked away from her children more than 13 years before, and now has to face her lies and deception head on struggling to seek forgiveness.So many lies had been told about who Augie’s father really was, Loraine didn’t have a clue and Walter wasn’t about to claim ownership and didn’t give no never mind about the situation either, and would not be moved. *Check out the full excerpt here! http://www.denatyson.com/BookXceptance.html
Give Me the Strength
Give Me the Strength
A truly inspiring, witty and courageous story about taking back control of your life. Depicting a young man who suffers a stroke behind the wheel, finding himself in the middle of rush hour traffic. Taking a quote from the novel "the more you do the better you become" were the words of his wife of eighteen years who took his life into her own hands. She never allowed him to stop believing that he could, he never lost hope and he never gave up. Give Me The Strength is about so much more than surviving a stroke. It focuses your attention to what love truly should be in a marriage, a relationship. A true commitment and a bond that should never be broken. About the story...What if on today you came home a different person.Let me say this again, what if... on today... you came home a different person. (Let’s think about that for a second...) Life can change for any of us at any given time in a matter of seconds, and not in our control. What would you do... could you trust your spouse to be there? Your significant other, your family, do you even have family... friends...? Or would you be forced to entrust your life to a complete stranger.These are questions we take for granted each and every one of us. We never prepare ourselves for the unexpected, instead we go on about our lives worrying and complaining about the things that really don’t matter, completely neglecting the things that do.May Four-tenth was like no other for a young couple that was the best of friends and the epitome of what a marriage should be. After eighteen years you think you know the rules of the game but what happens when the game and the players change. You have a whole new set of rules and this time around "time" is not exactly on your side, and where do you begin. This story is about taking back control of your life. It doesn’t matter what the circumstance. It doesn’t matter what you have fallen from, or how far you have fallen. But it is about believing in yourself and getting the strength to moveforward with your life, and that’s what this novel inspires.
Based on a true story*In theatres soon!* Check out the full excerpt here!http://www.denatyson.com/BookGiveMeTheStrength.html
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