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Neighborhood of Dreams
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That large Hollywood sign that sets high on the California hills, representing a life of celebrity friends, bright neon lights, and the flashing paparazzi cameras can easily blind a man into forgetting the journey that it took for him to get there. That’s what happens to Morris Wright, a celebrity actor and writer from the historical city of Little Rock, Arkansas. Morris worked extra hard for his tinsel town acclaim to become one of the most sought-after actors and screenwriters in the business. Somewhere along the way, he forgot where he came from. But, when Angela Pendleton, a passionate young journalist and aspiring book writer, offers to help him pen his memoir, the man is finally forced to remember his roots.In the process of reflection, we follow a ten-year-old boy and his neighborhood friends and family from the Southwest part of Little Rock, as they navigate their way through elementary, junior, and then high school toward college and adulthood. Each young man finds and hones his individual talent, with Earl as the intellectual, Ron as the football player, and Tim with the singing voice of an angel. But, after a fateful afternoon of tragedy, where one of his good friends is killed in a regrettable and senseless act, Morris’ life changes drastically, sending him through a series of dangerous and reckless choices that he luckily survives and tries to forget… until now, including his memories of a special girl, who refused to give up on him.Neighborhood of Dreams, a debut novel by LazRael Lison, Inspired by true events.
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