Just About Books Internet Radio Talk Show Announces the Winner of the Book Award for Best Fiction – Cheryl's Choice for 2008
Cheryl Robinson, Executive Producer of the Just About Books Talk Show, one of the most popular literary radio talk shows, announces the winner of the Book Award for Best Fiction-Cheryl's Choice, The Knees of Gullah Island by Dwight Fryer, a sophomore author from Memphis, Tennessee. The Just About Books Talk Show focuses on quality books for African American book lovers, and the winning book was chosen for both quality and popularity. It is a timeless story of love, loss, hope and rebirth.
Washington, DC, January 22, 2009 --(PR.com)-- The Knees of Gullah Island by Dwight Fryer is honored as the winner of the annual Book Award for Best Fiction-Cheryl's Choice, which was announced Monday, January 19, another day of history.
Cheryl Robinson, Host and Executive Producer of the Just About Books Talk Show said, "Once again, I am extremely proud to announce our annual award winner and this year it is a prequel in a historical fiction series. I congratulate Dwight Fryer. He weaves another endearing story of one family's personal journey to freedom! His books always have such a wonderful theme and the theme of this book is ‘bent knees straighten crooked deeds’.”
Robinson said, "Since there are literally thousands of quality books by African American authors today, Cheryl's Choice lets the reader know that I am only going to recommend the most exceptional book of quality for the annual award. Dwight Fryer has cleverly written a story where fiction meets history and intertwines a family’s emotions with heartache, love and hope for whatever is destined to be.”
In The Knees of Gullah Island, Gillam Hale was born to free parents, and his life was untouched by slavery. Then he travels with his father to Virginia to minister to slaves, where he meets a beautiful, mulatto slave, Queen Esther. He wants desperately to purchase her. He finds that he can only financially afford to do this by distilling illicit whiskey, which is risky, illegal and against his family's wishes. Gillam finally accomplishes his goal of marrying Queen Esther and starting a family. Gillam's jealous white neighbors decide to do something about the “distilling” competition. They kidnap Gillam's family and scatter them at different plantations throughout the South. Gillam must escape from his new owners and find his lost loved ones. After many years of searching for his family, Gillam Hale realizes his many mistakes in life and that...life goes on and he now lives with his common-law wife, Rena, and their son. He refuses to marry Rena, because he is still in love with Queen Esther. A quietly strong woman, Queen Esther, finds herself in difficult circumstances—in slavery—a second time. Joseph, the youngest son of Gillam and Queen Esther, had to physically travel the south searching for his father. It has been a long, 13-year search of a family separated, and a son who longs to find his father and his past. In 1883, all of that changes when a tramp stumbles by Gillam Hale's house and the tramp turns out to be Joseph, his son by Queen Esther.
According to Robinson, "The Knees of Gullah Island is a little bit of fiction, a little bit of truth and a lot of enjoyment!"
Dwight Fryer is an ordained Christian minister and an enthusiast of history. His novels have a major crossover following among readers of varied backgrounds. He is a Tennessee native, descending from a family of farm workers, who lived on the historic twenty thousand acre Ames Plantation near Grand Junction, Tennessee. His first novel, The Legend of Quito Road, earned him a position among the five finalists for Outstanding Literary Work from a Debut Author at the 38th NAACP Image Awards in February 2007.
Dwight is currently working on his third novel, Maine Byers, whose main theme is that love and forgiveness lubricate the soul.
Cheryl's Choice Book Award is among the most eminent literary awards and is one of the few awards presented by Talk Shows that recognize quality as an increasingly important area of African American author's contributions to a book lover's world. Started in 2005, the awards are presented annually to authors for literature showcased on the Just About Books Talk Show during the year. The purpose of the awards is two-fold: it recognizes and encourages the writing and publishing of outstanding books; and it raises the cultural appreciation of great writing in America. This award will continue as part of the Just About Books Talk Show's Annual recognition of African American authors.
Just About Books Talk Show will showcase authors, book clubs and literary events. Please visit the website and listen to the show on the Internet at http://www.JustAboutBooksTalkShow.com.
For inquiries, contact Special Event Coordinator, Nichelle at 1-800-687-1019 or by e-mail at JustAboutBooks@yahoo.com.
Just About Books Internet Radio Talk Show is located in the Washington, DC area.
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Cheryl Robinson, Host and Executive Producer of the Just About Books Talk Show said, "Once again, I am extremely proud to announce our annual award winner and this year it is a prequel in a historical fiction series. I congratulate Dwight Fryer. He weaves another endearing story of one family's personal journey to freedom! His books always have such a wonderful theme and the theme of this book is ‘bent knees straighten crooked deeds’.”
Robinson said, "Since there are literally thousands of quality books by African American authors today, Cheryl's Choice lets the reader know that I am only going to recommend the most exceptional book of quality for the annual award. Dwight Fryer has cleverly written a story where fiction meets history and intertwines a family’s emotions with heartache, love and hope for whatever is destined to be.”
In The Knees of Gullah Island, Gillam Hale was born to free parents, and his life was untouched by slavery. Then he travels with his father to Virginia to minister to slaves, where he meets a beautiful, mulatto slave, Queen Esther. He wants desperately to purchase her. He finds that he can only financially afford to do this by distilling illicit whiskey, which is risky, illegal and against his family's wishes. Gillam finally accomplishes his goal of marrying Queen Esther and starting a family. Gillam's jealous white neighbors decide to do something about the “distilling” competition. They kidnap Gillam's family and scatter them at different plantations throughout the South. Gillam must escape from his new owners and find his lost loved ones. After many years of searching for his family, Gillam Hale realizes his many mistakes in life and that...life goes on and he now lives with his common-law wife, Rena, and their son. He refuses to marry Rena, because he is still in love with Queen Esther. A quietly strong woman, Queen Esther, finds herself in difficult circumstances—in slavery—a second time. Joseph, the youngest son of Gillam and Queen Esther, had to physically travel the south searching for his father. It has been a long, 13-year search of a family separated, and a son who longs to find his father and his past. In 1883, all of that changes when a tramp stumbles by Gillam Hale's house and the tramp turns out to be Joseph, his son by Queen Esther.
According to Robinson, "The Knees of Gullah Island is a little bit of fiction, a little bit of truth and a lot of enjoyment!"
Dwight Fryer is an ordained Christian minister and an enthusiast of history. His novels have a major crossover following among readers of varied backgrounds. He is a Tennessee native, descending from a family of farm workers, who lived on the historic twenty thousand acre Ames Plantation near Grand Junction, Tennessee. His first novel, The Legend of Quito Road, earned him a position among the five finalists for Outstanding Literary Work from a Debut Author at the 38th NAACP Image Awards in February 2007.
Dwight is currently working on his third novel, Maine Byers, whose main theme is that love and forgiveness lubricate the soul.
Cheryl's Choice Book Award is among the most eminent literary awards and is one of the few awards presented by Talk Shows that recognize quality as an increasingly important area of African American author's contributions to a book lover's world. Started in 2005, the awards are presented annually to authors for literature showcased on the Just About Books Talk Show during the year. The purpose of the awards is two-fold: it recognizes and encourages the writing and publishing of outstanding books; and it raises the cultural appreciation of great writing in America. This award will continue as part of the Just About Books Talk Show's Annual recognition of African American authors.
Just About Books Talk Show will showcase authors, book clubs and literary events. Please visit the website and listen to the show on the Internet at http://www.JustAboutBooksTalkShow.com.
For inquiries, contact Special Event Coordinator, Nichelle at 1-800-687-1019 or by e-mail at JustAboutBooks@yahoo.com.
Just About Books Internet Radio Talk Show is located in the Washington, DC area.
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