"Facing This Side of the Moon and the Other Major Changes in Our Lives" is the second in a series of parenting books by C.J. Greene. In, her first novel, "Facing the Reality", she introduced us to the characters in this new novel, with the exception of Earlene; her newest character, the representative of unbridled, uncontrollable youth. "Facing This Side of the Moon" is about coping with the changing face of parenting in the modern world. She delves into the lives of young parents, who are being confronted with the modern dilemmas of full time work, drug use and abuse, domestic violence, legal issues, money issues and raising their young children in a rapidly changing world. She shows us that parenting is, by far, is a difficult and thankless job. Miss C.J. appears in the new novel to continue her battle with the AIDS/HIV virus. Unfortunately, the reality of her impending death looms readily in the face of her children. We find them learning how to deal with true love, relationships, death, abductions, legal governmental procedures, and other exciting situations in their lives. C.J. Greene hopes that this new novel will again, reveal the difficulties of "babies having babies", and young people being unprepared to bring children into the confusion in which they live. She hopes the message will be heard loud and clear: "Be prepared to take care of yourself and your family. They are truly all you have. "
About the Author: Miss. C.J. Greene is a former actor, singer, and dancer who grew up on Long Island in New York. She attended college and graduated with a B.S. degree in Business Administration, but a too early marriage, quick divorce and resulting pregnancy prevented her from pursuing her business career to its fullest. After several attempts to obtain a Master's Degree in Business Administration and Accounting, being thwarted by bad relationships, custody battles, and severe financial hardships caused by physical illness, (at one point she was homeless for several months in Atlanta, GA and in Las Vegas, NV) she turned to writing for therapy. She also had a successful career designing clothing, writing and editing manuscripts for others in her spare time. Writing has always been one of her greatest passions and she dreamed of publishing books about the challenges that young adults face in the "Age of Sexual Revolution" to help people understand how difficult the job of "parent" has become in this century. "Our world has changed so tremendously in the fifty years since the "Happy Days" and "Father Knows Best" parenting of the 1960s, "says C.J.. "The innocence of childhood has been totally destroyed and replaced with the unbridled, uncontrolled passions and anger of youth gone wild. "Parents have got to regain control of their children before it's too late."