Finding Mr. Brightside by Jay Clark

Finding Mr. Brightside by Jay Clark

Two funny, smart, but hopelessly lost teens find love at CVS.

Abram and Juliette know each other. They ve lived down the street from each other their whole lives. But they don t really know each other at least, not until Juliette s mom and Abram s dad have a torrid affair that culminates in a deadly car crash. Later, when they see each other, it's uncomfortable, to say the least. They don t speak.

Fast forward to the neighborhood pharmacy, a few months later. Abram is on Paxil. Juliette is on Adderall. Abram decides to say hello. Then he decides to invite her to Taco Bell. To both of their surprise, she agrees. And the real love story begins.

At turns poignant, funny, and insightful, this compelling novel proves that love can emerge from pain and ultimately triumph.

NEW YORK: An Imaginative Story Inspired by Ancient Truths constructs an astonishing alternate scenario featuring two well-known biblical personalities in Christianity. When Mary Magdalene and Isa meet for the first time as youths at a well in Galilee, readers are introduced to them as teenagers. Isa, 16, spends most of his days assisting his father Joseph in fine carpentry work, but his thoughts are on the far eastern nations. He spends his leisure time at the marketplace, listening to merchants tell tales of sages from faraway lands: tales of Zoroaster, Buddha, Vedic seers, and Greek thinkers. Isa is soon picked to travel to Persia with a diplomat's caravan, and after many adventures, he eventually arrives in India.

Mary, unbeknownst to him, has also made her way east. Mary is learning about her family roots for the first time while Isa is researching ashrams, yoga, and Buddhist practices. Despite their individual journeys, they frequently cross paths at sacred places. As they grow, their dreams and visions connect them to their inner divine fires.

The story of Mary and Isa is both biblically familiar and thought-provokingly unique. Readers witness Isa and Mary as they experience the power of unconditional love personally and universally, culminating in the ultimate love narrative, from the Sermon on the Mount and the Crucifixion to excursions beyond the confines of space and time to a place of pure oneness. I created a new story based on well-known hypotheses about Jesus' life, including theories about his lost years in India, his relationship with Mary Magdalene, and the Passion, according to Clark. Clark believes that in order for the globe to remain peaceful and harmonious, society must adopt a multi-cultural, religious, and philosophical perspective.

When the discerning reader re-views the common human legacy through the unique account of Jesus and Mary Magdalene, The Ultimate Love Story coalesces, according to Clark, Homer, Plato, and Socrates with Zoroaster, Moses, Jesus, Buddha, Krishna, Shiva, Kali, and many more. Jay Clark received his education in three countries: the United Kingdom, India, and New York City. He earned a bachelor's degree in the United Kingdom, a master's degree in India, and a doctorate in New York City. For more than 20 years, Clark has taught English literature, international literature, and religions in New York. The Ultimate Love Story's cross-cultural atmosphere was informed by Clark's cosmopolitan upbringing.

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