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Then Sings My Soul is the story of three generations of a family coping with life

Told from the points of view of Hazel, her mother Sarah or Ma’dear, 17 year-old Tricia, and 14 year-old Shanell, a single mother, attempts to raise her two teenage daughters while dealing with the threat of losing her job and caring for her ailing mother.  When she allows her ex-husband Donald to use their apartment address as a drop box, she inadvertently places the family in danger.  A story of family relations, adolescent angst, secrets, lies and murder. 

ISBN 978-0-9799273-2-4

DANIEL’S WIFE

Jessica Weaver’s life was perfect. Her handsome, gregarious husband Daniel, a public relations consultant, made a good salary and provided her with a lifestyle to be envied. However, when Daniel goes away on a business trip and doesn’t return, Jessica’s life falls apart. After 5 years of marriage, she must rebuild her life and recover her self-worth. Along the way, she discover values that help her in her struggle to become whole.

The novel is set in the 1980’s in Judson Springs, a small city in the Northwest that houses the state’s only prison. Daniel’s Wife is more than the story of a woman abandoned. It is also a story of love, friendship, and courage. 

ISBN 978-0-9799273-3-1

Mrs. Griffin, the neighborhood mentor, is missing. Loved by all the children in her Harlem neighborhood. Mrs. Griffin invited them into her home and shared stories about famous people and events, taught them proper etiquette, nurtured their musical abilities, and cooked some of the most delicious meals they’d remember for years after. Where is she? Why has she failed to keep an important appointment? These questions trouble her most ardent admirers – Bobby Thompson, outgoing, persistent, and curious preteen and Sonny Henderson also eleven, visually handicapped, intelligent and introspective. Together these two eleven-year-old amateur sleuths set out to find Mrs. Griffin. Mrs. Griffin is Missing is one of a trio of stories involving Bobby and Sonny,

ISBN 978-0-9981419-7-8

The Newcomer

The second book in the Bobby and Sonny Mystery Series find these two bright, inquisitive eleven-year-olds friends who live with their families in an apartment building in Harlem continuing their adventures.

ISBN 978-0-9799273-3-3.  

Mr. Moore’s Menagerie

Almost every day Bobby, Sonny, and Max observe their new neighbor, Mr. Moore, carrying mysterious packages up to his apartment. When curiosity overwhelms them, they decide to find out what’s going on. This sounds like a case for the Bradhurst Gumshoes! as they set out to solve the mystery of Mr. Moore’s Menagerie. A brand-new Bobby and Sonny Mystery featuring their latest member, Maxine. 

ISBN. 978-0-9981419-0-9

THE BIG TABLE

Told through the years of seven-year-old Sonny, the Big Table is the story of a young boy’s rite-of-passage from the children’s table to the Family table. It is a warm-hearted tale of a family’s ritual to mark each child’s passage into the adult world. His older siblings have moved over leaving Sonny alone to wait his turn.

ISBN 978-0-9799273-4-8

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