THE VIEW FROM HERE
by
Brian Keith Jackson

Come join Brian Keith Jackson in an exploration of the "ties that bind" relationships in the fabric of our lives. Meet Anna a married African-American housewife that has five boys and is pregnant with her sixth child.

Her husband, J.T., is employed at the community Mississippi sawmill, until he loses his job, when the plant decides to replace workers with technology. Follow the father-son relationship when J.T. is terminated and his eldest son, Junior, remains employed and the only "bread winner" of the household. Can pride be overcome to preserve family?

During the darkest days, Anna depends on her friendship with her childhood friend, Ida Mae, for strength and guidance, even though she has moved "up north."

An antagonizing Aunt Clarice, who is a minister's wife, and an older sister of J.T., brings her own version of trouble into the melting pot. The baggage that many of us carry from our formative years continues to surface even in adulthood, and formulate a means of destroying our own family, if we don't have the strength to overcome.

Laugh, cry, rejoice, and celebrate the human frailties that surface to make all of us "center stage" in the game called life! "Forever Friends"