Arirang:  The Bamboo Connection by D. K. Christi

Remember the dreams you had as a young child?  Did you believe you could be anyone or anything?  Melani had those dreams, but life's little hazards changed her direction many times.  Each change opens a new book, each one escaping the current trauma. 

Melani discovers that life is what happens while she plans for something else.  Your own life unfolds as D.K. Christi's Melani shares her very personal story of ecstasy and agony. 

You will decide whether the ecstasy is worth the agony on the emotional roller coaster of a forbidden love, born in the romance of Asia; aboard Obsession, a 67 foot blue water ketch rigged sailboat; in terror during six months alone on the yacht; and then, through the real terror of approaching old age. 

D. K. Christi gives readers nearly 400 pages of a life unraveling and then being sewn up again.  The fascination of this story is its reality and its fantasy.  You will check your passport because you are certain you are on her voyage.

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Who is D. K. Christi?

D. K. Christi grew up in a Midwestern town on Lake Michigan.  She spent her youth enjoying the water sports on the inland lakes and the "Big Lake."  Her youth included its own challenges that sent her into the world as a young woman to reach for her own stars.

D. K. Christi graduated with honors with several undergraduate college experiences, received her M.Ed. in Administration and Supervision from the University of South Florida, Tampa.  She took additional graduate studies in vocational and adult administration that led to a career in the Administration of multiple federal and state programs that provide special services to target populations.

Marriage and family provided detours that changed her original career plans, but provided instead the joy that only a mother knows.  Her little family traveled extensively and built a memory chest of people, places, and dreams across states and continents that are reflected in her stories.

D. K. Christi's travel stories enliven her motivational talks and provide substance to teach strategic planning for cataclysmic change and adjusting to cultural differences.  She writes extensively for universities and school districts both curriculum and proposals for grant funding in the millions of dollars. 

An advocate for those who need a louder voice to overcome their barriers to a quality life, D. K. Christi has been a founding member of philanthropic organizations with assets over $5 million, member and leader in Rotary and business and community organizations, and a trustee for the birth of a new church in her neighborhood.

Arirang:  The Bamboo Connection, is her first fiction novel.  Each page lives with the challenges of the present.  As Melani works through her life's challenges, her lessons resonate with the reader.  Melani's successes and mistakes, her struggles for a "raison d'etre" and her fears are universal in their appeal and their message:  Life is what happens as we plan for something else.

D. K. Christi is currently living in Florida where she enjoys the Gulf, the swamps, the quaint little towns with their "rails to trails" bike paths, the rivers for kayaking and quiet evenings at home with friends.  She enjoys science fiction based on scientific projections (not horror), old movies, music from the 40's and 70's and dancing.

Contact D. K. Christi through her web sites at www.freewebs.com/dkchristi , www.publishedauthors.net/d.k.christi and www.consultanttogo.itgo.com. Email: dkch@netzero.net   D. K. Christi is available as a consultant, editor and writer. 

D. K. Christi, P. O. Box 367061, Bonita Springs, FL 34136

"All I know is in this moment."  …D. K. Christi