Award-Winning Author Jeffrey Blount

TROY, N.Y. - July 10, 2013 - PRLog -- Almost Snow White (ISBN: 9780985762735, $12.95)

Precious Anne Sprately, a mulatto by way of rape, finds herself  hopeless and full of despair in the face of the constant and seemingly infinite oppression that is a way of life in 1940s Virginia.

Living as a Negro, with all of its pain, was no longer acceptable to her. And no matter how hard it was or what crimes she had to commit against her heritage, she would do it. At all costs, she had to be free.

Precious, in a final attempt for happiness and peace of mind, takes advantage of her mixed heritage and passes for white.

Almost Snow White is “a powerful tale of a young black woman who learns what it is to be black by being white.”

Jeffrey Blount is an award-winning author, an Emmy award-winning television director and an award recipient for scriptwriting on multiple documentary projects.  Born and raised in rural Virginia, he now lives in Washington, DC with his wife, Jeanne Meserve. They have two children, Julia and Jake.

To arrange an interview with the author, or to request a review copy, contact Nicole Riley at New Shelves Distribution – nicole@newshelves.com, (518) 261-1300.

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