Wednesday's Child

About the Book

When one places 'Wednesday's Child' under the microscope it plainly reveals that Marcus Green was failing in the American way of life during the early 1970's, and chose to leave the Country of his birth , rather than to continue dwelling in the land which had brought about the demise of the three young black men whom he had known since childhood. Each of them had been drawn into the world of drugs and supposedly easy money , only to discover that all that really awaited them was an early ticket to the graveyard. Marcus choosing to span an ocean could not know what awaited him on the other side of that great expanse of water. Suddenly thrust into a culture as different as chalk is to cheese he had to adapt or perish. In a world where money, education, and social connections are enabled to bring even the most naive person safe harbor and protection, Marcus was bereft in every area. He truly became a child of providence and one dependent on the wind blowing in the right direction. This is as much about the sometimes invisible goodness of God, as it is about the visible kindness and open generosity of the elderly German woman who received him into her home, without an ulterior motive. Further to this tale of wonderment, it is also about innocent love, and how such love can be found with those outside of ones league, or realm of understanding, causing Marcus to challenge his personal strengths and weaknesses with a woman of unusual power, virtually on a daily basis. Also an underlying story of the sophisticated and worldly African American society living in Great Britain during the nineteen seventies, and how Marcus had to strap himself in for the jet set ride of his young life, which he had unexpectedly stumbled upon. Finally losing at love, yet gaining in prosperity and notoriety he is forced to return to the United States, ostensibly to bask in the limelight, but really to meet the true love of his life, and his real destiny as a human being.

About the Author

Although 'Wednesday' s Child ' is Frank Charles Dodson's first book, he has written successfully for the theatrical stage, firstly a musical tribute to the late Nat'King'Cole with ' I Remember Nat 'King'Cole' starring Sol Raye and Robert Rietty, it was staged at 'The Wimbledon Theatre' in December, 1976 in London , England. Secondly a musical tribute to the late 'Miss Dinah Washington' in a show entitled 'Backstage With Dinah Washington' at 'The Quality Hill Playhouse' in Kansas City, Missouri in June , 1994. The late great novelist James Baldwin inspired Frank when the two met in London in 1980.