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Available at these places! Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Darkest-Gray-V-Lyric-Parker/dp/0979659469/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242480641&sr=1-1 BARNES & NOBLE http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Darkest-Gray/V-Lyric-Parker/e/9780979659461/?itm=1 BELLETRISTIC PRESS http://belletristicpress.com/thedarkestgray.aspx Notice below, book signing coming soon! based on a true story Neka Parker, the elder of two siblings, is a precocious seven-year-old who understands the additional hardship a new baby will bring to her impoverished Southern family. Not only will she now need to vie that much more for her mother’s affection, but she predicts with another mouth to feed, Christmas 1977 will be incredibly somber. The normalcy of Neka’s life is further set on its ear when she’s abused by her mother’s latest boyfriend. She then lives in terror as the Atlanta’s Missing and Murdered Children tragedy sweeps through her community. A downward spiral of teenage promiscuity, an ever-growing emotional distance between her and her family, a string of abusive relationships, depression and a suicide attempt, which lands her in a mental institution, shatter Neka’s faith in God. Shortly after her release, Neka believes she’s finally met Mr. Right; however, he quickly abandons her when she reveals she’s expecting his child. Independent and irrepressible, Neka is determined to build a new life, a better life, for herself and her son. Though her tribulations persist, she ultimately finds peace within and even makes peace with God—and dares to find her rainbow amidst the darkest gray. V Lyric Parker delivers a relatable and candid retelling of her life in this soul stirring memoir-novel; a retelling that is, in a word, brave. View the emotional book trailer of, "The Darkest Gray" below! THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT!		WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON? If you're never doing wrong yet the Devil is always chasing you. Take it to the Lord in prayer and ask God what it is he wants you to do. If you do whatever it is he wants from you, God will stand to bat for you and Satan has no power. I'm sure of this. But if you're constantly doing wrong and the Devil never bothers you, then that's only because he's walking right beside you. And when the times is just right and your sins have caught up with you like a locomotive. Satan will push you in front of the moving train and walk away laughing. Because that is what he does. I'm sure of this. The time is coming where we 'as people' will have to pick sides. Whose side will you be on? Because Thugs die and mother's cry. Prisons overcrowded and people are depressed and suicidal. And it's all because the Devil has been busy. But the time will soon come...when you will be forced to pick sides. And when that day comes, whose side will you be on? -just giving you something to think about :) -vlyricparker- Copyright 2009 Don't trust ordering online or if you'd just prefer to walk in a store and get "The Darkest Gray" immediately, check out these spots in Atlanta Georgia: Medu Books, Greenbriar Mall Afro Books, WestEnd Mall, Charis Books, 1189 Euclid Avenue Visit my publisher's website at Belletristic Press under BP News to find other states that may carry the book as well! Keep checking site, next book-signing will be announced soon! V Lyric Parker Now Songwriter If this code doesn't work, check me out at: www.myspace.com/myrearwindow Swaggeristic Party is a hip hop song wrote and performed by my son Terra Torrey Scorned is a pop/rock song written by me Thanks for the support! Swaggeristic Party.mp3 A Woman Scorn.mp3

A moving tale of life at its best and worst, The Darkest Gray is a powerful testament to the resilience of the human spirit. Strongly recommended. (Linda Waterson Apex Reviews***** Riveting! Soul- Stirring! Passionate! Edgy! The Darkest Gray- V Lyric Parker's debut novel, is guaranteed to stir up every emotion known to the human psyche! In the mid 70's V Lyric Parker was molested as a child. Even though "The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act" was passed by the U.S. Congress in 1974, creating the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect and other steps designed to increase children's rights and reduce child neglect and abuse; the law wasn't always properly enforced in inner cities where children were equally if not most likely to be abused. Her character Neka Parker in this fiction- based on facts novel, slips through the cracks of justice. Because of inadequate counseling and treatment; she began a journey of self-destruction. Her strings of domestic violence and her emotional distance from her family ultimately shatters her faith in God. Neka begins to question His purpose for giving her life, and depression followed by a suicide attempt, lands her in a mental institution. Finally she could begin to heal but along her road to redemption and self-love she realizes no man nor woman could deliver her from her distress and inner demons but the love of God.