Mercy Ama Anim's First Novel

AUTHOR MERCY ANIM'S FIRST NOVEL A SUCCESS AMONG READERS IN U.S.A. AND GHANA!

New City, NY- Mercy Ama Anim, author of MRS. Doctor: One Woman's Courage to Change Her Destiny, celebrated the publication of her first novel in the United States at the Holiday Inn in Suffern, NY and in Ghana, West Africa, at the Ghana International Press Center. During both events, guests started reading and talking about the book. Lines formed around the rooms for those who waited to meet the author and have their copies autographed.

In Ghana, MRS. Doctor was introduced by Deputy Minister of Health, Dr. Mrs. Gladys Ashitey in Accra. Dr. Mrs. Gladys Ashitey advised students in secondary schools to buy and read the novel to polish their English language skills. She encouraged the general public, and women in particular, to learn about experiences of others who have conquered their problems.

She called on the media practitioners to "follow the footsteps of the author"and expressed appreciation for the author's sharing of her experiences through her books. The chairman of the event , Captain Emmanuel Kwesi Forson (retired), Operations Manger of Antrak Air Limited, thanked the author for coming back to Ghana to share her success with Ghanaian journalists, citing Mercy Ama Anim as a role model.

Author Mercy Ama Anim describes the message of her first novel as "faith, hope, and destiny." She indicates that MRS. Doctor is one of three books she has been working on over several years.

My Story Part two of the book MRS. DOCTOR is about that struggle in America.

For years I lived a life someone had chosen for me. It took a long while before I realized that I held my destiny in my own hands and that I needed to find success on my own, and I did that.

MRS. Doctor is my inspirational story. Purchase a copy and embark on a journey with me to find success!!

Book Review

In Mrs. Doctor, Mercy Anim weaves a tale of intrigue involving the childhood and adolescent life of Lucy in early, post-independence Ghana. The period was the late 1950's through the 1970's. The reader is then smoothly and seamlessly transitioned to the United States, where the emotional and financial vicissitudes of Lucy's life continue.

In the first half of the book, the reader is taken through a complex melange of emotions, ranging from disgust at the brazen exploitation of girls and women by people with wealth and authority (exclusively men) to the cunning methods used by Lucy to thwart these men and avoid becoming a victim of their sexual exploits. There are vices galore: rape, attempted rape, adulterous affairs, and other forbidden amorous relationships. Lucy is not always the innocent bystander. She navigates these social booby traps with aplomb, eventually falling in love with, getting married to, and immigrating to the U.S. to join her young physician husband.

While living in Ghana as a child and young adult, Lucy had considered the US to be the ultimate Paradise on earth. Unfortunately, her expectations of a happy middle class life in the U.S. prove illusory, as she struggles to raise a young family with scant financial resources and even more meager emotional support from her detached and adulterous husband. The details of their loveless marriage, devoid of recreational sex (they are not staunch, orthodox Catholics) evoke in the reader a good dose of sympathy for this emotionally battered wife. Amazingly, the marriage survives in spite of these difficulties, and there is just enough procreative sex to have three children, who turn out rather well adjusted. Lucy eventually finds her own identity by founding and managing a successful Child Care Center.

Author Biography I was not born with a silver spoon in my mouth but I sure knew how to get out there and grab one. Come journey with me and see how I did it!!

Originally from Ghana West Africa, New City resident Mercy Anim formally known as Mercy Adolphus is director and founder of Little Angel's Day Care and President of the African-American Cultural Enrichment Center in Spring Valley, Rockland County, New York.

She attended Fijai Secondary School and then the Ghana Institute of Journalism in 1972. She received her diploma in 1974. She worked as a reporter with Ghana Information Services for three years before she resigned to take on the challenge of becoming a successful businesswoman.

She moved to the United States in 1981. She attended the New School University where she received her BA in Early Childhood Education in 1992. Mrs. Doctor is her first novel. The first draft of her second novel has just been completed.

Vision

I have been working with Children for the past 12 years. The children actually inspired me to write MRS. Doctor.

I wanted to give something back to the children who have brought so much joy to my life over the years. The book MRS. Doctor is dedicated to all the children at Little Angels Day Care Center as well as my own children.

I believe in education. It is the key to success. I have been awarding close to $5,000.00 in scholarship funds to deserving children at Little Angels Day Care Center since 1999.

Yet, I wanted to do even more for them. Oftentimes families are not able to provide financial assistance for their children's education. These children suffer, not because they are incapable of learning, but because of financial constraints. This is simply my small way of helping families.

A portion of the proceeds from the sale of MRS. Doctor will go towards scholarship funds for all children enrolled at the center.

I believe in extracurricular activities for all children and my goal is to be able to enlighten their minds to encourage them to strive for a brighter future.

My non-profit organization, African American Cultural Enrichment Program provides cultural enrichment programs for children enrolled at the center and for their families. The program consist of music, African dance, arts and crafts, cooking, sewing, computers, and much more.

We received $25,000 from UPS for our cultural program. I am looking to expand the program in order to involve other children in this community as well as beyond.

As President of African American Cultural Enrichment Program, I want to set up a multi-cultural arts center where families can come and experience different cultures.

Mercy Ama Anim

For more information log on to; www.rcprovencal.com