Greetings Book Lovers!

Welcome to EMANCIPATION!  My name is Michael R. Lane and I’m the author.  I know there are tons of books to choose from so thanks for being open to mine.

“The characters are well written and will stay with you for days on end.” --  Kim Hodges of Ebony Pages Book Club

EMANCIPATION is a diverse collection of human and humane stories linked in an omnipotent way that only real life can assemble. Parents, grandparents, children, lovers, executive, thief, cop, educator, and drug dealer all have their unique tales to share.  Their individual narratives of virtue, mischief, faith, immorality, morality, commitment and perseverance bridge generational gaps and make whole a humane patchwork in an otherwise ambiguous life-scape.  In a society where quick labels and categories are selective means of branding one’s character, the individual is suffocating.  These stories embrace our differences allowing them space to breathe.  As we step through this journey of ordinary and extraordinary circumstances, perhaps the lesson learned is that we possess more common threads that bind us than differences that divide.

“This book has all the ingredients to become a modern classic.” -- Book Shelf

The writing of EMANCIPATION bears the fruit of decades of refining my craft in order to create down to earth stories worth reading.

“All the stories are beautifully written and the characters keenly observed.” -- Mary O'Sullivan (Author of Fire and Ice)

EMANCIPATION is available at BookLocker, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and many other online and retail sources.  It's also available in digital format including Kindle.  Ask you're local bookstore about it!