Thurston Gray’s “The Pendant Project.” Thurston Gray decided to create a visual representation of an emotion she felt each day and journal those thoughts. That’s when her healing manifested after being raped in college. This book chronicles 100 days of Thurston’s journey as she learned acceptance, forgiveness, and compassion.
Charles C. Anderson’s “The First To Say No.” Set in contemporary America, this novel illustrates many of the failings of today’s healthcare system. The female doctors in the Parkview Hospital emergency department decide that they will no longer allow gang members who assault healthcare workers in their community to escape justice. After one of the ED doctors, Elita Romanov, is kidnapped and raped, she and her best friend, Dr. Kate Taylor, resolve to take definitive action. THE FIRST TO SAY NO is Kate’s journey to achieve peace with her past and to eliminate those who threaten her future and the future of her neighborhood.