By Madhuri Dey
Nov. 4, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Mark Ndesandjo, the half brother of Barack Obama, has lunched a new novel in which he speaks about his abusive father. This is the first time any of the two brothers are speaking about an obviously painful part of their childhood that was so long under wraps. He mentioned that he wrote his previous novel, “Nairobi To Shenzen” after the election of his brother as President of the States. He said that this, and a series of other events had helped him come to terms with his past, and that that had helped him to write the novel.

Mark has been living in China for the past seven years. For the launch of his latest novel, a press conference was hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce that is located in South China. The conference was attended by members of the United States Consul-General. Mark spoke at length about his turbulent childhood. He recounted events from his childhood when he had to spend days listening to the screams of pain of his mother. He admitted that his father abused not only him and his brother, but also his mother. His mother, Ruth Ndesandjo was his father’s third wife. They got divorced two years after the birth of Barack.

Mark told the press that his first novel was written in order to raise awareness about domestic violence. As he spoke to the press, tears streamed down his face. His novel is semi-autobiographical, and is based much on the terrible experiences he had to face as a child. He refused to speak about the relationship with his brother.