Vivian Jackson knows she wants to break barriers. As a captivating young African-American and Creole girl, her dream is to become a crossover model. Enrolling in charm school and modeling agencies, she sets out to "make it big." As an inspiration to her race and beyond, she is greeted with success and attention, her face plastered on magazine covers, ads, and the fashion runway.
As Vivian rises to fame, a powerful Jewish businessman sets his eyes on her. Young and naive, Vivian becomes entangled with the wrong crowd. To make matters worse, she has secrets in her family that threaten to endanger those she loves. As her violent family life escalates, Vivian looks for love in all the wrong places.
Forty Years of Silence: The Story of Vivian Jackson is a gripping, semi-fictional account of a time where African-Americans broke free of the shackles of racial discrimination. Vivian is determined to reach her dreams but must somehow transcend her troubled past and her unsettling present. Ultimately she succumbs to romance - a promising, perfect romance. Or so she thinks...
Charles and Katrina Baker live in Columbia, South Carolina. They have been married for nearly twenty years and they have two children. Charles is a former franchise restaurant owner and enjoys the business of entrepreneurship. Katrina works in healthcare and loves to write short stories in her spare time, as well as craft with her children.
As Vivian rises to fame, a powerful Jewish businessman sets his eyes on her. Young and naive, Vivian becomes entangled with the wrong crowd. To make matters worse, she has secrets in her family that threaten to endanger those she loves. As her violent family life escalates, Vivian looks for love in all the wrong places.
Forty Years of Silence: The Story of Vivian Jackson is a gripping, semi-fictional account of a time where African-Americans broke free of the shackles of racial discrimination. Vivian is determined to reach her dreams but must somehow transcend her troubled past and her unsettling present. Ultimately she succumbs to romance - a promising, perfect romance. Or so she thinks...
Charles and Katrina Baker live in Columbia, South Carolina. They have been married for nearly twenty years and they have two children. Charles is a former franchise restaurant owner and enjoys the business of entrepreneurship. Katrina works in healthcare and loves to write short stories in her spare time, as well as craft with her children.
