{"product_id":"2940148204329","title":"Montserrado Stories","description":"Whether you believe in God or not—this is true for people everywhere—life is a painful mixture of good and bad. So where do people go for help when struggles and pain threaten to shake their life and steal their last ounce of joy? For those who see the world through the filter of faith, it is not odd to consider that no human has absolute power to turn his or her life around without God’s help. The “Believer” leans on God’s hope.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book comes to publication at a very important time, when Liberians and people throughout the world are rebuilding lives and dreams. While I have elected settings in four counties in Liberia—Montserrado, Lofa, Margibi and Maryland—it is with honesty (and human-heart) I’ve tried to galvanize the emotions of personal and spiritual struggles of everyday people in Liberia. Of course, these emotions are similar for people throughout the world, regardless of ethnicity. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach story attempts to show hope through the human-spirit after the civil war in Liberia. The characters may make you laugh or cry, but it’s sure to make every reader experience the human side when faced with life’s challenges. Each story stirs the reader to a realization of the opportunities God’s providence may bring to the weakest of the weak. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Good Father (Lofa County), you will see the role of three men in the life of a young man’s realization of his dream; a coach who recognizes the boy’s potential, a father, whose molding of his son is threatened by what he considers an empty dream and a grandfather, whose voice of wisdom evokes reasoning. Tamba Sawie wants to be a football star. However, Kallon would rather his son acquire farming skills to be a good  provider for his family. Oldman Galakpai believes his grandson does not have a lazy spirit, which the boy’s father is convinced of, just a different one.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA moral lesson pervades the story in Firestone (Margibi County) when the instrument of deliverance is unconditional love. Empathy is least expected when a 15-year-old boy is elevated from a life of crime to a normal life where opportunity awaits him. Firestone is caught breaking and entering the Bah’s home. Rather than taking him to prison, his victim is offering a different path.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough Sweet Mother (Montserrado County) is a pure work of fiction, I wanted to write a story that would be impossible to forget, and in doing so, honor Liberians that lost everything during the civil war—life, dignity, hopes and dreams. The real life occurances these characters face, one can not conceive a more dramatic, surprising series of events. The fate of two strangers collides when a rape victim of the war, Sundaymah Boye, with no desire to improve her life, and Nick Anderson, a thirty-something year old African-American who is losing his life to cancer, meet. What each has to offer one another is priceless.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFinally, in Believe (Maryland County), the Almighty humbles the proud and exalts him when he begins to trust. The providence of faith in God is strikingly displayed as divine power is united with human effort—the means used is human; the deliverance is divine.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Village Tales Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47171063972080,"sku":"2940148204329","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148204329_p0.jpg?v=1763698876","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148204329","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}