May 2005

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Unfinished Business, a Legacy of Love within a Slice of Modern History

FORT LAUDERDALE,  May 2005:  It’s 1960 and the outwardly charming Larry Edwards is on a downward emotional spiral. He’s trapped in a suffocating marriage and disillusioned by a corporate system that fails to see beyond the color of his skin. Then, what should have been a moment of short-lived frustration renders Larry savagely dangerous. His reaction sets off a chain of events that creates an intriguing life journey for his infant daughter, Regina, and seventeen year-old sister-in-law, Rosa. That journey is full of bittersweet moments that define the essence of character and the quality of existence for each woman.  But it’s not their journey alone.

            Along the way, they encounter a cast of colorful characters who enrich, challenge, and define the true meaning of friendship, love, commitment, compromise, rebellion, and winning by any means necessary. Among them is the renowned and self-absorbed African-American journalist, Carl Erickson, whose daughter Carrie struggles against being consumed by her father’s civil rights legacy.  They join with Rosa and Regina to form a unique family unit that serves as the anchor for each member’s existence.

            There‘s the talented and gifted Dr. Brian Greenwood, a white man from the wrong side of the tracks, whose desperation to escape poverty blinds him to the magic of true love. And, Benny the lawyer who wants to harness the independent spirit of a woman who fears commitment and male domination. There’s Robert Edwards, entrepreneur and philanthropist extraordinaire, who struggles to forgive himself for a murder / suicide perpetrated by a brother he turned his back on. And Precious, a victim of domestic abuse, whose psychic gift saves everyone except herself.

            Against the backdrop of Washington, D.C. politics, infidelity, vengeance, family in-fighting, and family secrets, Unfinished Business is an microscopically personal look at the pain inflicted on one another in the name of love, as well as the endless joy bestowed under the same emotional banner.  

About the author:  Diana Beard-Williams, a native of Englewood, New Jersey, now lives in the Los Angeles, California area with her husband, Allen Brown, and their two sons. At the age of nine, she won a first place gold medal in an American Legion writing contest and has been writing ever since. Her adult writing endeavors include freelance columns on socio-economic, political, and education issues, for the Los Angeles Times, L.A. Daily News, San Diego Union Tribune, and Upscale Magazine.   Diana was one of the first one hundred women to be admitted to Holy Cross College in Worcester, Massachusetts.  Her professional accomplishments involve public speaking, consulting, and public relations. One of the most challenging experiences of Diana’s life was being a whistle blower after she witnessed the mishandling of a million dollars in a federal Head Start Program.

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