Contact: Shannon Minch-Hughes, Emmaus Road Publishing, 740-283-2484 ext 115, shughes@cuf.org 

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio, July 6, 2011 /Christian Newswire/ -- Emmaus Road Publishing announced today that "Motherless" is now available online and at bookstores. It is the second volume of best-selling author Brian J. Gail's "American Tragedy in Trilogy."

Publisher Mike Sullivan said: "Brian Gail's trilogy is a story of tragedy and hope, of failure and triumph, of challenges each of us face when confronting real-life issues that force us to make those agonizing decisions we like to avoid. The characters are real, their struggles are genuine, and the consequences of their decisions are life threatening. Gail puts the reader in the story, and it's there that he offers genuine hope and personal conversion. The third volume, 'Childless,' is scheduled for release in early fall."

"'Motherless' is alive with vivid characters, wonderful dialogue and real issues. From start to finish you can't put it down." -- Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., Archbishop of Denver

"Fiction has long served as a powerful medium for social criticism and for issuing warnings rooted in a profound concern for fundamental justice and moral truth. Are contemporary fiction writers up to the task? In 'Motherless,' Brian J. Gail proves that he certainly is." -- Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence Princeton University.

Brian J. Gail rocketed to the top of the Madison Avenue advertising world in his mid thirties only to see his career derailed by a great moral business dilemma and a direct challenge to his Catholic faith. A gifted entrepreneur and CEO, he provided strategic marketing counsel to elite Fortune 500 corporations.

After the extraordinary sales of "Fatherless," the re-release of "Motherless" is a watershed event for those anxiously awaiting it. Both "Fatherless" and "Motherless" are available at emmausroad.org, Amazon, or your local Catholic bookstores.

Contact Shannon Minch-Hughes
Emmaus Road Publishing
827 N. Fourth Street
Steubenville, OH 43952
Telephone: 740-283-2484; ext 115
Fax: 740-283-4011
Email: shughes@cuf.org
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