Oh How The Mighty Fall - Couverture souple

Williams, Gail B

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1493638793 ISBN 13 : 9781493638796

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

Synopsis

King Jackson, a high school phenom turned NBA basketball superstar is on a downward spiral. The only son of Donald and Naomi Jackson, who perfectly planned every step of his life from his junior year in high school, now, finds himself in situations he can’t buy himself out of. With the help of his conniving mother, together they have alienated everyone in their path, even each other at some point, but now he is forced to decide if he should trust her and let her back into his life during his darkest hour. His two sisters, Dana and Lena, have lived in the shadow of his success throughout his career and now decide that they have had enough of him and go their own way even if it is in his time of need.King’s family is turned completely upside down when he falls in love with a young Spanish girl named Neila Cruz, and marries her way to quickly for their taste. All the while never telling his high school sweetheart Danielle that their relationship was over. They voice their outrage every chance they get until King reaches his breaking point and disowns his family to protect his new wife, while Danielle tries every way she knows how to contact King and get closure. King’s mother, who never thought her husband Donald could ever take care of her the way her wealthy son could, sets her plan in motion to win back King and his money that she had become so accustomed to, not knowing that at the same time someone close to her is plotting her destruction to finally rid their self of Naomi and her greedy and conniving ways. One night of cheating, King’s ego and a family secret will set in motion a chain of events that will change his life forever. He will quickly learn that all the people he disowned on the way up he will have to face on his path to destruction and realize that they are not to quick to give him a second chance…

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À propos de l'auteur

Gail Williams was born and raised on the streets of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was educated in the Philadelphia Public School system. Gail’s father died suddenly during her early teenage years which left her feeling the need to play helper to her mother Cynthia in raising her younger sister Angela. Prepared to graduated from a Murrell Dobbins vocational technical high school, Gail skipped her senior prom and headed straight to work at in insurance company on an early release high school work program. She soon found herself, in only one year, running a small department as the companies’ youngest supervisor at only 19 years old. During her career in the insurance industry Gail quickly found out that she had other talents that she felt the need to pursue. She decided to enroll in Wilfred Hair Academy to pursue a license in cosmetology. Even before Wilfred Gail embraced young girls from her neighborhood and always found ways to help them with their fashion and grooming, knowing that their budgets didn't allow them that luxury. She flourished in her class, graduating with honors, and after seven years at the insurance company, she decided to leave and fully pursue her career in cosmetology. Gail soared in the hair business for 20 years until the economy began to change and she needed a way to supplement her income. Gail tried a business venture with her sister Angela and excelled to one of the top spots in her sister’s team. During this transition Gail began to document some of the things that happened in a short time period in her life and decided to turn it into her first fiction novel. All the while the economy continued to take a serious nose dive and she realized the need to go back to work and receive a steady income and put her writing career on the shelf. Gail headed back to work and also into a new career of Security Ambassador of the Comcast skyscraper in Philadelphia. Gail hit the ground running learning everything she could about her new career. Within two years’ time she worked her way up to a new position of Ambassador Trainer of Security. Not being one to ever settle for 1 career, Gail returned to her writing career by partnering with her sister and combining their ideas and turning them into screen plays for the movie industry and writing more solo works of fiction.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1493638793
• ISBN 13: 9781493638796
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 590
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg