Synopsis
Celestial
Blue Skies is a coming of age story about young Creole and biracial Celeste
who lives in poverty with her mentally ill mother, her grandmother, Maymay, her
Aunt Bumblebee, her Uncle T-Red, her three illegitimate sisters, and her cousins.
Celeste learns how to fend for herself and her sisters at a young age while
also fighting rumors about her mother, Tut, the whore of Belle Place, a sleepy one
traffic- light Southwestern Louisiana town. Her mother Tut wants to leave all of them and
live with a man she finds working in the sugarcane fields. Maymay fears that
Celeste will end up like her mother. Will Celeste end up like her mother, or
will she redeem her family from hoodoo and the Curse of the Mulatto? Will she
find love herself with someone with a culture just as exotic as hers?
Biography
I was born and raised under the clear
blue skies of Loreauville, Louisiana. I majored in English at the University of
Louisiana and later earned a Master’s degree from the University of New Orleans
where I earned the title Educational Diagnostician. I am married with two young
boys.
An
excerpt of my novel was published in Louisiana
Cultural Vistas. Celestial Blue Skies which was once titled The Curse of
the Mulatto was a 2009 finalist finalist for the worldwide William Faulkner
William Wisdom writing contest. It also placed as a finalist in the same 2011
competition as Celestial Blue Skies. I am a Center for Black Literature fellow.
Happy Cover Reveal Day, cousin Maggie. I'm so excited to read your book. The love of the written word is strong in our family. Sending you all of my love and congrats on your beautiful cover. Thank you for allowing me to host your big day.
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