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A NOVEL THAT INSPIRED A MOVIE - UNDER THE CHERRY TREE “Under the Cherry Tree” is a Christian fictional story that follows the book of Job. In the book, Kevin must demonstrate faith but more importantly, forgiveness. He and his wife, Tonya, run a successful apartment building and share a wonderful life together. Tonya fights with ghosts of the past while Kevin’s brother, Redd, fights internal demons. Redd single-handedly destroys their future and their happiness when he accidentally sets the building on fire. Kevin races to find another source of income as the stress builds and ultimately causes him to turn away from the church. After losing it all, his job, his marriage and the only family that he knows, Kevin, finds himself in a lonely place where love can not be found and silence replaces God’s voice. His restoration is dependent upon his ability to pray for everyone around him when he is the one who has hit rock bottom. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Cedric Mixon, born in St. Louis, MO now residing in Philadelphia, PA is the executive producer of two feature films, one short film and a web series. He is the Writer, Director and Executive Producer of "Under the Cherry Tree", feature film and web series, which is available in Walmart stores nationwide and online. Mixon is the author of "Under the Cherry Tree", "Lost Letters", "Boldly Walking Naked", and "Soul Mates". Poetry from "Lost Letters" has been featured in Essence Magazine. Mixon published an anthology book of poetry called, "The Univer-Soul Language vol. I", which was awarded Mahogany's Spoken-Word Book of the Year, for 2005, and "The Outspoken Word". He published a line of Spiritual Journals and is in the process of publishing his debut novel, children's and poetry book, "Under the Cherry Tree". EXCERPT FROM BOOK Colorful graffiti paints a picture of urban decay on brick walls throughout the neighborhood. Masterpieces meshed into gang scrawls, meshed into tags scribbled hurriedly in random acts of rebelliousness. Laughter hangs in the air, mingling with the summer breeze and whispering past the ears of those of us too naïve to understand the reality of our surroundings. The carefree happiness of children blinds them to the anxieties that systematically ages young adults once they finally notice the garbage littering the very streets that they play in. They have neither the understanding, nor the awareness to realize the men around them have been imprisoned by their own failures. They haven’t yet learned to identify the women stuck within the routines of their own meager realities. Children only hear the laughter. Children have no vision beyond the man selling lemonade, the old lady selling roses or the dice game on the corner they wish they were old enough to play. Perhaps it is inevitable for us kids to take happiness and peacefulness for granted because we don’t quite understand the power of time; the only constant that promises to change everything that it touches. And change is exactly what time inflicted on all of us, that summer of 1986. My name is Kevin Miles. I’ve been told that I was a grown man, trapped inside a nine year old body. My father, Darren Miles, and I, stand in the backyard under the cherry tree, with a fruit-picker extended to its fullest length. “Why can’t we just buy cherries from the store?” I ask. “Because, the sweetest cherry is the one you pick yourself,” dad responds. “And you know how you love your sweets!” dad jokes as he hands me the fruit-picker. “Yeah, the tree is almost dead, but there’s still a couple more good cherries all the way at the top.” I stand on my toes and extend it as high as I can. “Right there. You got it. Now grab that big one right there,” dad encourages. I gently tug on the cherry until it falls into the cup. A sense of accomplishment arises... Christian Fiction: Under the Cherry Tree (African American Christian Fiction) ASIN: B00PBUEQJK