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Won’t Be Denied: a suspense novel — a portrait of an obsessed, single African American female
Atlanta, GA, October 13, 2004: Today there are many single women over the age of thirty The 2000 Census Bureau recorded that 2,219,489 women between the ages of 30 and 34 have never married
The vast majority of single black women make up 60 percent of all unmarried women By the age of 30, a mere 45 percent of black women have married, compared to 80 percent of white women
Such disproportionate statistics have led to many hypotheses as to why large proportions of the African American female population are single Social psychologist and author of “Black and Single”, Larry Davis explains the “black romantic market” in the article, “The State of Our Union: Black Love and Marriage, 2004”, on Africanacom Davis believes that social factors such as black male imprisonment and interracial relationships leave black women outnumbering black men 2 to 1 Within the same article, therapist and radio personality Audrey B Chapman disputes Mr Davis’ figures It is her belief that the proportions are closer to 4 to1 or 6 to 1
“I figured that as I made more money and got the education that’s required to get a good job, that that would automatically make it easier for me to find someone,” said Lana Coleman, a Pasadena Calif, attorney, in the 2003 Newsweek article, “Black Gender Gap” “But it’s really been the opposite” Ms Coleman’s sentiments are reflective of other self-reliant and professional black women
The chances of a black woman finding a single, 33 – 39-year-old, heterosexual, college educated, successful African American male in a 1 percent population is about 16 percent The 1 percent includes those men in cities and their surrounding suburbs with large urban populations, such as Chicago, Atlanta, Washington, DC, New York, Oakland, and Detroit
Essence magazine’s advice columnist, Gwen Grant, stated in the Savannah Morning News, 2002, that educated black women should expand their selection to dating outside their race If not, they will continue to have limited options
The most extraordinary statistic is that only 22 percent of an African American woman’s life span will be spent in marriage
Won’t Be Denied, a 227-page novel, shines a light into an obsessed, single African American female In the well-crafted suspense novel, author CF Jackson, graduate from Georgia Southern University with a BS degree in Criminal Justice, lays out the story in two sentences: Love won’t be denied Maré comes to value it more than life The story is set in Atlanta, Georgia It is an easy, suspenseful read The character-driven plot is a page-turner
For more information, or to purchase Won’t Be Denied (ISBN 0-9762230-0-7), contact the publisher, Organized Thoughts Publishing: Post Office Box 920622, Norcross, GA 30010 or wwwcfjacksonus Bookstores and libraries in the US can order Won’t Be Denied through Baker Taylor database To be released on November 9, 2004
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About the Author

CF Jackson is a writer, poet, and mentor, who graduated from Georgia Southern University with a degree in Criminal Justice

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