Mark Christensen

    Become a Guest on the American PerspectiveHome and GardenHot CopyInternationalHoroscopes/AstrologyLetters to the EditorMilitaryMoviesMusicHistory CafeNSA SpeakersOpinionParanormalPlatinum IcePets/AnimalsPoetryPoliticsPress ReleasesPress Release ServiceRadio ProgramsReligionRise and WalkScience and SpaceSportsTechnologyTrainingTravel & TourismTV ProgramsUnited StatesWeatherWill Says...World NEWSPAPERS Boca RatonFolsomOrange CountySt AugustineVero Beach     Published: July 5th, 2013 14:25 EST Picked up by Google News. New Novel "The Seed" Just Released     By Mark A. Christensen Take one small boy abandoned by parents too young to cope.  Add one grandmother with an abundance of devotion and a heart broken by her children`s rejection.  Gently blend their lives while adding the joys and sorrows life brings.  It`s the recipe for a story that is sweetly blended with love.  Liz realized that raising Mark was her chance to give the love her own children had refused.  He needed her; and she needed him to accept her values, love, and deep seeded morals.  George had been placed in an orphanage during the depression years when his parent s could not afford his care, and was a place he vowed never to see any of his kin raised. As the months and years went by, each year Mark grew older, Liz and George knew at any time Albert and Nicole would return home and reclaim him as their son. The seed of doubt was planted in their minds, but keeping Mark busy with school and sports, helped keep it dormant in hopes it would never bloom. It would be the seed planted deep in their grandson`s soul, they could...

11TH COMMANDMENT Christensen, Mark A. CreateSpace (188 pp.) $16.00 paperback, $16.00 e-book ISBN: 978-1463606855;   March 5, 2012   BOOK REVIEW   In his debut novel, Christensen imagines a new parent’s struggle to prevent his abusive childhood from negatively affecting his own parenting. This compelling work should be praised most for Christensen’s structural choice. Told via flashbacks, the novel presents each episode as a stop in the narrator’s various childhood neighborhoods. Every destination opens the door to the past, Illuminating the darkness of verbal and physical abuse, which at the time was an accepted aspect of his childhood. As an adult, main character Keith Herman understands that the relationships he endured with his mother, stepfather and Grandfather was more than momentary injustices—they have lifelong implications for him. The setup serves as a metaphorical and literal vehicle for Keith to revisit and deconstruct the traumas of his past. In doing so, he hopes to Understand himself what he’s been through so he can end the cycle of abuse. Christensen is explicit in his description of the abuse Keith endured, often uncomfortably so. By choosing a first-person narration, the author steeps the reader in each violent act suffered by the main character. The inherent tension of this type of conflict makes for a compelling read;   While it is evident the narrative was composed with care, it is a well-constructed cautionary tale of the problems facing families trapped in generational patterns of abuse.   Kirkus Indie, Kirkus Media LLC, 6411 Burleson Rd., Austin,...

  Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE To Public Relations Department of Grandparents websites and News Affiliates; Notice of Press Release: Author Mark Christensen new novel, “The Seed” a unique love story of grandparents raising second generation children, as he was, has just been released by International Publishers Just Fiction Edition, of Berlin and London and the SOP Newspaper network, and “The American Perspective” National radio show has released the press release of this novel, and was picked up by Google News, and can be reprinted from this website; http://thesop.org/story/20130705/new-novel-the-seed-just-released.html With over 40 million grandparents worldwide playing their part every year to keep their kin out of foster care and orphanages, the author new the time had come these heroes were paid homage for their selfless love, writing the first book ever written to bring this unique love story to light for the world to witness. The bookstore sales links can be found at, https://www.morebooks.de/store/gb/book/the-seed/isbn/978-3-8454-4956-2 And Amazon, http://www.amazon.com/Seed-grandparents-raising-generation-children/dp/384544956X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373125009&sr=1-1&keywords=the+seed+mark+christensen And Barnes and Noble at, http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-seed-christensen-mark/1115667430?ean=9783845449562 We feel the work is worthy for your website and organization to stand behind and promote so the world will know the unique love story that really happens between a grandchild and their grandparents, inspiring more out there to help keep their families together and give the children a home. The author’s web site is located at, www.the-seed.biz  We hope you will agree and find the cause behind this message worthwhile and help promote the release of this book to your readers and members. If...

Mark Christensen’s, new novel, “11th Commandment” has been released and is available through bookstores as well as Amazon Kindle and Barnes and Noble Nook. Mark will be doing book signings and speaking engagements in his 500 city USA book tour. His novel has been nominated for 2013 Pulitzer Prize!  11th Commandment is a poignant and powerful exploration of the tragedies wrought by the victimization and abuse of children. Drawing the reader with insight and dead-on observation of the atrocious tragedy of child abuse committed daily by American Adults, no one will close its pages without an impression of the devastation suffered by so many of our children. It will be the readers who will champion for The 11th Commandment, “Honor Thy Children,” be etched into every bible printed. Described by Kirkus Review as being; Compelling, Explicit and well-constructed. “While it is evident the narrative was composed with care, it is a well-constructed cautionary tale of the problems facing families trapped in generational patterns of abuse.”                 Mr. Christensen is an advocate for children throughout the world, having been in foster care for many years, and later adopting seven children. Mark has dedicated the book with a picture of his son, Cyler Brice Christensen, who was thrown down a flight of stairs at the age of 3, suffering a traumatic brain injury. Sadly, Cyler passed away at the age of 11 having given Mark the inspiration to write the book that will show the children how to heal.                 Mr. Christensen is...