Sugar Rush: Love's Liberation
Yolanda D.Coleman
Paperback: 362 pages
Publisher: BookSurge Publishing (September 20, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1419603647
ISBN-13: 978-1419603648
Price: $17.99
Book Description
Darlene "Dolly" Hunter is comfortable in her world of work and friends. "The only thing a man could do for me was wine me, dine me, romance me, and leave me alone." Known as "Spider Woman" among her friends and family, she's mesmerized by the new bait on the stage of Blackplatinum Cafe. Gerald "Blacksax" Washington stands in the center of her life and changes the world around her.
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About the Author
Ms. Yolonda D. Coleman is a native Washingtonian, poet, author, writer, and member of Black Writers’ Guild, MD. She has made appearances on CNN and News Channel 8. Ms. Coleman has received numerous honors throughout her academic career, including a spotlight in the June 1994 issue of Ebony magazine.
Her style of writing is inspired by literary legendaries, including Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Harper Lee, and Dr. Maya Angelou.
Ms.Coleman first published at the age of 15. Her poem Wake Up can be seen in VOICES FROM THE FUTURE: Children Speak Out About Violence In America. Ms.Coleman’s work have also been published in Train of Thought and Saracen literary magazines. Hampton University's WHOV-FM honored her with an opportunity to spotlight one of her poems in 1997. Ms. Coleman self-published a book of poems entitled A Drop of Brown Sugar in Your Bittersweet Tea 2001. Sugar Rush: Love's Liberation is her first novel in 2005 .
In 2004, Ms. Coleman packed up her cozy life in Upper Marlboro, MD and moved to Florida when she received word that her mother had cancer. She sold everything from her house to her shower curtains and headed south. During her time in Central Florida, Ms. Coleman continued to teach as she did in D.C.
She then decided to take the advice of her students to step out of the classroom and complete her lifetime dream, commencing Nov. 19, 2004 as her day of liberation. Ms. Coleman's mother wanted nothing more than to see Sugar Rush: Love's Liberation published, but she died the day before Ms. Coleman's birthday. Her resolve was even greater, and she proudly boasts that Sugar Rush: Love's Liberation was completed with her mother's spirit guiding her.
For further information about her and her writings, visit
www.coffeedreamz.com
http://media.www.districtchronicles.com/
http://www.associatedcontent.com/
About BookSurge Publishing
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