Love Begins with Truth

About the Book

Guyanese-American Meredith Johnson is on the career fast track and believes she has achieved the American dream – two adorable daughters, a loving husband, Michael, and a high profile job a public relations professional for Partners In Parenting in Rochester, New York. Her life is comfortable, but hectic. As a working mother, she has made some sacrifices to reach her dreams, but at what price? On her way to a business meeting, she learns of the 9/11 tragedies and Meredith decides it’s time to re-examine her life and priorities. Meredith discovers that some changes need to be made. Meredith’s childhood friend, Phillip Rampersaud has a near fatal accident, while driving on the Atlanta highway. Phillip, who also is Guyanese, decides to reveal his love for Meredith that he has kept secret from her for more than 16 years. Phillip hasn’t seen Meredith in years; he has two children and a wife, but his love for Meredith has deepened over the years despite the distance between them. Now Meredith and Phillip must learn to cope with their feelings and “new truths,” which may destroy their friendship or cement their love forever. Through months of poignant and heartbreaking e-mails, Meredith and Phillip realize everything isn’t always what it seems. On the eve of her 40th birthday, Meredith brings her family to Atlanta for Guyana’s Berbice Reunion where things really “heat up” as more secrets are revealed. Now Meredith and Phillip must make tough choices. Can they keep their promise of friendship to each other? Love Begins With Truth is a humorous and sometimes bittersweet love story of two West Indian childhood friends holding onto their special relationship and each other in today’s modern world.

About the Author

Marsha Jones is an author, journalist, cultural critic, social marketer, and interactive storyteller. A graduate of Purdue University, Marsha writes under the moniker “Queen Marsha” or “QM” and gives motherly advice for Gannett Newspaper’s website www.MomsLikeMecom. Her weekly “411” column appears in The Buffalo Challenger and she is a contributing editor for about…time magazine. Her blog, “The Queen’s Chair” appears on www.blackinamerica.com. A teaching artist, Marsha teaches workshops on creative writing, journaling, poetry, “Blacks in Hollywood” and “The History of the Black Press”. A prolific writer, Marsha’s fiction has appeared in Visions & Viewpoints: Voices of the Genesee Valley (1993 and 1994) and COMPEER’s The Healing Power of Friends. Her 2008 holiday fiction story, Peyton’s Gift was featured in Gannett’s Democrat and Chronicle on Christmas Day. Visit her website, www.queenmarsha.com.