An epileptic black ballerina and a Powwow dancer, whistleblower journalist meet in the Montreal airport. They are both performing at an international youth festival in Berlin, 1973, Cold War Berlin. During a long layover in Zürich, he takes the ballerina to a Swiss Bank. Speaking French, the Powwow dancer deposits many thousands of dollars into his numbered account to which he adds her name, providing no true explanation. Is she an accomplice--or is this just love in the time of mercury poisoning? Chasing Mercury is a romance-suspense-memoir inspired by the events leading to the Minamata World Convention on Mercury, ratified and entered into force August 16, 2017. Spanning three continents, the story covers decades and the world's waters. The novel connects human rights, environmental justice and romance. Chasing Mercury is the first in a series of three books in the Chasing Mercury Toxic Trilogy. Chasing Mercury is... "a beautifully written international story of love and adventure... an exploration of deepest emotions pulling you headlong into a journey leaving you waiting eagerly for the next book in the series... the best of the romance genre, wrapped in an introduction to human and environmental rights...a lyrical, erotic and embodied prose of resistance and resilience..."
September Williams is an American physician-writer, bioethicist and filmmaker. All of her work seeks a better understanding of and between ourselves. She focuses on promoting resilience for people who are ill, aging, dying, or stressed by environmental and humanitarian violation. Yet, her writing is fired by the humor which allows people and characters to make it through hard times. Her first novel, and the first in a series of three books, is Chasing Mercury, a romance-suspense-memoir about families committed to human and environmental rights. September's nonfiction writing covers health disparities, bioethics and film. She is a member of the National Writers Union (AFLCIO/UAW 1981), an affiliate of the International Federation of Journalists, and the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities. Though raised in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area, September is a graduate of the University of Winnipeg Collegiate Division and has a Bachelor of Science in Zoology from the University of Manitoba, Canada. She attended Creighton University School of Medicine, and completed internal medicine residency at Cook County Hospital, Chicago. A tribute to her vanguard nature, September holds three fellowships which did not exist the day she started medical school. She was an ASPEN (American Society of Enteral and Parental Nutrition) Clinical Fellow in surgical hyperalimentation at Chicago Medical School; a Lowell T. Coggleshall Fellow at the University of Chicago MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics; and an American College of Geriatric Medicine / HRSA Clinical Geriatrics Fellow at the University of California, San Francisco. A significant concentration of Dr. Williams' clinical work has been in acute care, emergency medicine and palliative care. Public medical facilities have been her primary venues of practice in Chicago, Boston, New Mexico, Mazimbu - Morogoro Tanzania, and San Francisco. While at the University of Chicago, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, September was particularly encouraged to continue writing by the late philosopher and author, Stephen Toulmin. With him, she explored how universal stories influence peoples' expectations of medicine and science, autonomy and justice-particularly when adapted to screen. Dr. Williams subsequently learnt her film craft in the screenwriting and directing MFA program at Columbia College, Chicago and at Boston University, while also working in an inner city trauma center. She was a National Endowment for the Humanities Institute Fellow in Black Film, at the Zora Neal Hurston Center for the Documentary. Dr. Williams is a co-editor, author, and reviewer of books, articles and films related to medical and bioethical issues. Over twenty-five years, Dr. Williams has provided more than a thousand lectures and consultations in clinical and organizational bioethics. Beyond her hospital based service and teaching, some of this work has been for the Centers for Disease Control, the National Center for Bioethics at Tuskegee University, Harvard AIDS Institute, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Center for Practical Bioethics, the American Academy of Pain Management, and the McGann Women & Health Lecture Series at Stanford University. Dr. Williams retired early from the San Francisco City and County's Laguna Honda Hospital-God's Hotel. September has two millennial adult children and lives in Marin County, California, where she dances, open water rows the San Francisco Bay, and writes.
Show moreAn epileptic black ballerina and a Powwow dancer, whistleblower journalist meet in the Montreal airport. They are both performing at an international youth festival in Berlin, 1973, Cold War Berlin. During a long layover in Zürich, he takes the ballerina to a Swiss Bank. Speaking French, the Powwow dancer deposits many thousands of dollars into his numbered account to which he adds her name, providing no true explanation. Is she an accomplice--or is this just love in the time of mercury poisoning? Chasing Mercury is a romance-suspense-memoir inspired by the events leading to the Minamata World Convention on Mercury, ratified and entered into force August 16, 2017. Spanning three continents, the story covers decades and the world's waters. The novel connects human rights, environmental justice and romance. Chasing Mercury is the first in a series of three books in the Chasing Mercury Toxic Trilogy. Chasing Mercury is... "a beautifully written international story of love and adventure... an exploration of deepest emotions pulling you headlong into a journey leaving you waiting eagerly for the next book in the series... the best of the romance genre, wrapped in an introduction to human and environmental rights...a lyrical, erotic and embodied prose of resistance and resilience..."
September Williams is an American physician-writer, bioethicist and filmmaker. All of her work seeks a better understanding of and between ourselves. She focuses on promoting resilience for people who are ill, aging, dying, or stressed by environmental and humanitarian violation. Yet, her writing is fired by the humor which allows people and characters to make it through hard times. Her first novel, and the first in a series of three books, is Chasing Mercury, a romance-suspense-memoir about families committed to human and environmental rights. September's nonfiction writing covers health disparities, bioethics and film. She is a member of the National Writers Union (AFLCIO/UAW 1981), an affiliate of the International Federation of Journalists, and the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities. Though raised in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area, September is a graduate of the University of Winnipeg Collegiate Division and has a Bachelor of Science in Zoology from the University of Manitoba, Canada. She attended Creighton University School of Medicine, and completed internal medicine residency at Cook County Hospital, Chicago. A tribute to her vanguard nature, September holds three fellowships which did not exist the day she started medical school. She was an ASPEN (American Society of Enteral and Parental Nutrition) Clinical Fellow in surgical hyperalimentation at Chicago Medical School; a Lowell T. Coggleshall Fellow at the University of Chicago MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics; and an American College of Geriatric Medicine / HRSA Clinical Geriatrics Fellow at the University of California, San Francisco. A significant concentration of Dr. Williams' clinical work has been in acute care, emergency medicine and palliative care. Public medical facilities have been her primary venues of practice in Chicago, Boston, New Mexico, Mazimbu - Morogoro Tanzania, and San Francisco. While at the University of Chicago, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, September was particularly encouraged to continue writing by the late philosopher and author, Stephen Toulmin. With him, she explored how universal stories influence peoples' expectations of medicine and science, autonomy and justice-particularly when adapted to screen. Dr. Williams subsequently learnt her film craft in the screenwriting and directing MFA program at Columbia College, Chicago and at Boston University, while also working in an inner city trauma center. She was a National Endowment for the Humanities Institute Fellow in Black Film, at the Zora Neal Hurston Center for the Documentary. Dr. Williams is a co-editor, author, and reviewer of books, articles and films related to medical and bioethical issues. Over twenty-five years, Dr. Williams has provided more than a thousand lectures and consultations in clinical and organizational bioethics. Beyond her hospital based service and teaching, some of this work has been for the Centers for Disease Control, the National Center for Bioethics at Tuskegee University, Harvard AIDS Institute, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Center for Practical Bioethics, the American Academy of Pain Management, and the McGann Women & Health Lecture Series at Stanford University. Dr. Williams retired early from the San Francisco City and County's Laguna Honda Hospital-God's Hotel. September has two millennial adult children and lives in Marin County, California, where she dances, open water rows the San Francisco Bay, and writes.
Show moreSeptember Williams is an American physician-writer, bioethicist and filmmaker. Her work focuses on promoting resilience for people who are ill, aging, dying, or stressed by environmen- tal and humanitarian violation. Her first novel, and the first of a series of three books, is Chasing Mercury, a romantic suspense memoir about families committed to human rights and environmental justice. Dr. Williams is a member of the National Writers Union (AFLCIO/UAW 1981), and an affiliate of the International Federation of Journalists. September's nonfiction writing is about bioethics and film. A graduate of the University of Winnipeg Collegiate Division, September has a BSc. in Zoology from the University of Manitoba, attended Creighton University School of Medicine, and completed internal medicine residency at Cook County Hospital. Among other clinical fellowships Dr. Williams is a former Lowell T. Coggleshall Fellow at the University of Chicago Ma- cLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics. She studied film and screenwriting in the MFA program at Columbia College, Chicago and Boston University, and was a National Endowment for the Humanities Institute fellow in film. Focused on writing and narrative bioethics, Dr. Williams retired from the San Francisco City and County Laguna Honda Hospital -- God's Hotel. September Williams has two millennial adult children and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area--Marin County, California, where she writes, dances, and open water rows. Susan Dalsimer is a developmental editor who cast an indomitable literary light. https: //www.independenteditorsgroup.com/susan-dalsimer/ Marta Elise Johansen is a consummate Designer, Artist, Photographer and Architect known for her clean lines and aesthetics. http: //www.martajohansen.com
"A soaring love story illuminates the powerful attraction between two human beings through intimate engagements with the historical movements that shaped them and their families, including, most importantly, environmental justice. September Williams has indeed written a provocative tale for our times." Angela Y. Davis, Author Activist, Distinguished Professor Emerita, University of California, Santa Cruz"A breathtaking journey that whisks love, death, sex, and global activism into a froth so perfect you want to lick it from your fingers." --Dianne Houston, Academy Award Nominated Director, Producer, Writer ( Harriet, Searching for Neverland, Surviving Compton, Tuesday Morning Ride...)"Cinematic, luxuriant, and well-written, it is a fascinating braided narrative interwoven with the historical trail of severe human mercury poisoning, and as an added bonus, a love story. After reading it, I will never look at mercury, gold, or racism in the same way again." --Victoria Sweet, physician, historian, best-selling author of God's Hotel, Slow Medicine, and a Guggenheim Fellow. "A lyrical, erotic and embodied prose of resistance and resilience, Chasing Mercury has the audacity to make us love." --Sarah E. Kornfeld, Cultural Curator, and author of What Stella Sees ."Cinematic journey on the page! Brimming with African American and First Nation culture and history, this romance-suspense-saga teaches as it entertains and pirouetting in the center of it, a passionate love affair that keeps the pages turning and without a doubt will keep eyeballs glued to the movie screen."-- Monice Mitchell Simms, Socio-linguist, Author of Address House of Detention and Nana' Fridge "The best of the romance genre, wrapped in an introduction to human and environmental rights." -- Eric P. Carlson Amazon and Good Reads Reviewers say: "September Williams is a heck of a wordsmith. Language is as an identifying factor among writers as jersey numbers are on the shirts of basketball players, and she has got a wonderful gift of sentence-crafting". --DLB"What makes it stand apart is a tinkling, sweet quality... in the midst of tragedy the special something remains that gives glitter and shine to the story."--SX "I've been unable to finish a book since my daughter was born ('cause sleep superseded anything other than her needs) but I found myself staying up past 1 AM to read this amazing book" --AH "A transcendent novel that takes a moral stance..." --RS "A fascinating and eye-opening read..above all it is a love story on so many levels..." --BA "This is truly a lovely book, very enjoyable novel that combines romance and mystery and does it through a bond of relatable and well developed characters." --S "I loved how it kept me connected to the story..." --PA "An engrossing story bringing attention to environmental and social justice..." --MLGMDJD "A story of protest, lineage, family, historical relationships, personal determination, and growth...." --WJP "I didn't even know what I didn't even know!" --BJF"Intelligent, strong, mind-pecking." --B.O. "Crossing barriers, risks, and danger too..." -- DU In a world of danger that lurks in every corner, a story of love and adventure rises through --SA
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