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Denise Turney
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Portia is a journey through several generations of a family as perceived through the senses, emotions and memories of one of its members, Portia. The story realistically examines certain aspects of existence, perseverance and love between people within a devoted family as well as the tenderness and affection which only occur between soul mates. From a young lady coming of age to a career woman glimpsing her own mortality while confronting an uncertain future, Portia will tug on readers heart strings all along the way.
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'Love Pour Over Me' is a powerfully moving, inspirational story. This remarkable, inspirational story recounts African American track and field star, Raymond Clarke's tumultuous, yet amazingly triumphant life.<br><br>Malcolm, Raymond's father, struggles with untreated alcoholism. Raymond's mother, a starry-eyed dreamer, abandoned Raymond when he was only two years old. Raymond's track and field successes make him one of America's top middle-distance runners, earning him a scholarship to a prestigious university.<br><br>But, it's at college, where Raymond's life is supposed to take off, that things really start to get dicey, frighteningly mysterious. Right away, Raymond meets a motley sort of friends, each with a hard-to-believe story of his own. The men enter a lifelong bond. They also make a pact to keep their involvement in a murder secret.<br><br>Raymond becomes witness to the murder upon his arrival to college. His desperate attempts to avoid love threaten to keep him from the only woman he's ever truly loved, the woman he was born to love. Anyone who has ever been hurt may absolutely treasure 'Love Pour Over Me'.
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Set in the heart of Memphis' Shelby County in the 1940s, Spiral is the story about the great lengths a hard working mother will go to protect her family. When young girls start missing in her hometown of Memphis, Tennessee, the mother, Tammy Tilson, begins to look upon the father of her oldest son's fiancee with suspicion. Her efforts to find and stop the killer cost one of her own children his life. It is not until the finger of guilt points in her grandson's direction that she begins to lose her resolve.
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Long Walk Up is the gripping tale of a young girl's journey from poverty and despair en route to her remarkable and triumphant destiny as Africa's first woman president. The poignant story examines the life of a young East African orphan girl pushed into the street alone after her mother dies. The little girl named Mulukan is only six years old when she is left to her own defenses. <br><br>This emotional story takes an honest look at unforeseen events, striking coincidences that become the threads in the fabric of a child's life. Mulukan's story strikes a perfect balance between resistance and triumph. This remarkable child's story searches the heart and demands for individual ascension.