Love Can Teach What the Streets Cannot -- Heartache Threatens to Break Woman's Stride on Path from Projects to New Life in Fresh, Urban Novel

Life is full of lessons about love, relationships and trust. Who is more trustworthy, friend, foe, ex-lover or new beau? A lesson taught is 'A Lesson Learned'...

Las Vegas (PRWEB) October 2, 2005 -- Street smarts may be the key to survival against conniving thugs and players, but in the world of true love and friendship, it takes a different kind of strength to keep the heart and soul intact.

A Lesson Learned, by Angel Washington, (ISBN: 1-4208-3972-1) is now available through (www.authorhouse.com, www.borders.com, www.amazon.com ) introduces readers to a savvy woman whose plans for escaping the projects lead her straight into a dream relationship and devastating betrayal.

Sin City is not all beckoning casinos and scantily clad ladies of the night. Apart from the high rollers hustle, Las Vegas is home to a community of people trying to get by however they can. Mykahl Meechie" Jameson is one of them. This attractive young woman has had sheer share of hardships in life. First abandoned by her father, she later suffers the deaths of her loving mother and grandmother. Determined to keep her promise to these two women, she enrolls in UNLV and sets the course for a new life outside the projects. When she meets Brittany Williams, it seems she has found a true ally.

Smart, beautiful Brittany comes from upper-middle class parents and always gets what she wants. As a rule, the only attention she pays to people who are worse off than her is scathing disapproval. But she sees something different in Meechie, and the two become close friends.

After walking in on her ghetto" boyfriend, Calvin, in her apartment with her cousin, Meechie heads to a new night club with Brittany to blow off some steam. The two women run into Mackenzie Jasper, a tall, dark, and handsome paramedic who is immediately drawn to Meechie. As the two hit it off, Brittanys attitude changes. Determined to hang onto one of her past possessions, the spoiled suburban beauty embarks on a ruthless mission to sabotage Meechies chance for true love and happiness with Mackenzie.
         
Washington infuses the story with original poetry, which adds insight and flavor to A Lesson Learned, a fast-paced, refreshing urban novel that peels back the layers of safe secure friendship to real the ugly truth that sometimes lies beneath.

Washington is a native of Las Vegas. A poet as well as a fiction writer, her work has been featured in numerous publications, both local and otherwise. She has also traveled abroad to perform in spoken word and poetry readings. Her parents, community activists dedicated to education and at-risk children, have been a great influence on her life. She is the mother of one son, Christopher. A lesson Learned is her debut novel, and she is currently working on a collection of poetry.

You may contact Angel Washington directly by visiting www.angelsdiary.com.

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