Chicago Journalist and Educator Writes First Book: 'Hot Dogs On Saturday: 1960, Tennessee'

What happens when a young mother dies too soon? What happens when a community is turned on its head? What happens when children are caught in the middle?

Frederick, MD (PRWEB) June 12, 2006 -- PublishAmerica is proud to present "Hot Dogs On Saturday" by Chicago, Illinois author, Josh Samuels. "Hot Dogs On Saturday" is an eloquent work of contemporary fiction... and will quickly resonate with audiences," said Executive Director Miranda Prather of PublishAmerica.

"Hot Dogs on Saturday" is both history and future, joy and pain, life and death, fear and choices, all in a small, rural, black community on the outskirts of Memphis, Tennessee.

It asks the questions: What does a young father do with four children after the sudden death of his wife? Who, if anyone, would be willing to step from the whispering shadows and offer a hand? What happens when children are caught in the middle?

"Hot Dogs On Saturday" answers these questions and more in this poignant work of fiction that draws much of its storyline from factual childhood events, and the answers will captivate readers for years.

About the Author:

Josh Samuels was born and reared in Brownsville, Tennessee. She has resided in Chicago for more than 30 years.

She published Mojo Risin, an international literary publication which she founded, from 1995 through 2005.

Her writings, which consist of poetry, prose, features and news stories, have appeared in journals and newspapers throughout this country and abroad since 1989, and have won several recognitions.

Her artwork, which graced several of her magazine covers, is a hobby that she continues to enjoy.

Josh has a bachelor's degree from North Park University and a master's degree in journalism from Roosevelt University, both located in Chicago; she works as an adjunct English professor for City Colleges of Chicago.

Josh is now writing "Auntie Momma Goes To Brownsville," the sequel to "Hot Dogs On Saturday."

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