Chasing Mercury - (Chasing Mercury Toxic Trilogy) by September Williams (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Chasing Mercury is a spectacular international, romantic-suspense-memoir painted on the canvas of families devoted to human and environmental rights. Chasing Mercury honors the 2017 ratification of the United Nations Minamata Convention on Mercury and is the first of a series of three books in the Chasing Mercury Toxic Trilogy.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>An epileptic black ballerina and a Powwow dancer, whistleblower journalist meet in the Montreal airport. They are both performing at an international youth festival in Berlin, 1973, Cold War Berlin. During a long layover in Zürich, he takes the ballerina to a Swiss Bank. Speaking French, the Powwow dancer deposits many thousands of dollars into his numbered account to which he adds her name, providing no true explanation. Is she an accomplice--or is this just love in the time of mercury poisoning?</p><p><em>Chasing Mercur</em>y is a romance-suspense-memoir inspired by the events leading to the Minamata World Convention on Mercury, ratified and entered into force August 16, 2017. Spanning three continents, the story covers decades and the world's waters. The novel connects human rights, environmental justice and romance. <em>Chasing Mercury </em>is the first in a series of three books in the <em>Chasing Mercury Toxic Trilogy.</em></p><p>Chasing Mercury is... "a beautifully written international story of love and adventure... an exploration of deepest emotions pulling you headlong into a journey leaving you waiting eagerly for the next book in the series... the best of the romance genre, wrapped in an introduction to human and environmental rights...a lyrical, erotic and embodied prose of resistance and resilience..."</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"A soaring love story illuminates the powerful attraction between two human beings through intimate engagements with the historical movements that shaped them and their families, including, most importantly, environmental justice. September Williams has indeed written a provocative tale for our times." Angela Y. Davis, Author Activist, Distinguished Professor Emerita, University of California, Santa Cruz</p><p>"A breathtaking journey that whisks love, death, sex, and global activism into a froth so perfect you want to lick it from your fingers." --Dianne Houston, Academy Award Nominated Director, Producer, Writer ( <em>Harriet</em>, <em>Searching for Neverland</em>, <em>Surviving Compton</em>, <em>Tuesday Morning Ride...</em>)</p><p>"Cinematic, luxuriant, and well-written, it is a fascinating braided narrative interwoven with the historical trail of severe human mercury poisoning, and as an added bonus, a love story. After reading it, I will never look at mercury, gold, or racism in the same way again." --Victoria Sweet, physician, historian, best-selling author of<em> God's Hotel, </em> <em>Slow Medicine</em>, and a Guggenheim Fellow. </p><p>"A lyrical, erotic and embodied prose of resistance and resilience, <em>Chasing Mercury </em>has the audacity to make us love." --Sarah E. Kornfeld, Cultural Curator, and author of<em> What Stella Sees</em> .</p><p>"Cinematic journey on the page! Brimming with African American and First Nation culture and history, this romance-suspense-saga teaches as it entertains and pirouetting in the center of it, a passionate love affair that keeps the pages turning and without a doubt will keep eyeballs glued to the movie screen."-- Monice Mitchell Simms, Socio-linguist, Author of Address House of Detention and Nana' Fridge </p><p>"The best of the romance genre, wrapped in an introduction to human and environmental rights." -- Eric P. Carlson </p><p> </p><p>Amazon and Good Reads Reviewers say: </p><p>"September Williams is a heck of a wordsmith. Language is as an identifying factor among writers as jersey numbers are on the shirts of basketball players, and she has got a wonderful gift of sentence-crafting." --DLB</p><p>"What makes it stand apart is a tinkling, sweet quality... in the midst of tragedy the special something remains that gives glitter and shine to the story."--SX </p><p>"I've been unable to finish a book since my daughter was born ('cause sleep superseded anything other than her needs) but I found myself staying up past 1 AM to read this amazing book" --AH </p><p>"A transcendent novel that takes a moral stance..." --RS </p><p>"A fascinating and eye-opening read..above all it is a love story on so many levels..." --BA </p><p>"This is truly a lovely book, very enjoyable novel that combines romance and mystery and does it through a bond of relatable and well developed characters." --S </p><p>"I loved how it kept me connected to the story..." --PA </p><p>"An engrossing story bringing attention to environmental and social justice..." --MLGMDJD </p><p>"A story of protest, lineage, family, historical relationships, personal determination, and growth...." --WJP </p><p>"I didn't even know what I didn't even know!" --BJF</p><p>"Intelligent, strong, mind-pecking." --B.O. "Crossing barriers, risks, and danger too..." -- DU </p><p>In a world of danger that lurks in every corner, a story of love and adventure rises through --SA </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><br>
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