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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Stephanie Graham, author of Sky Might Fall

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Stephanie Graham, author of Sky Might Fall
(Publish America)

Sky Might Fall is about a seventeen-year-old teenager named Sky who is fighting to survive in the streets after her mom kicks her out the house. She has the help of her best friend Jerome and numerous of other people. She must try to survive with her three-year-old sister tagging along with her and trying to cope with insecurities, molestation, and her drug-addicted parents.

Sky takes you through some diary entries and confessions while making ultimate decisions all by herself. She tries her hardest not to become a victim to the streets or like her mother and father and become this diamond-in-the-rough to keep her head above water to try to survive with the situations that occurs in her life, while her molestation, drug-addictive parents and insecurities, continue to haunt her on this journey. She might fall….

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write Sky Might Fall?

Stephanie Graham: My inspiration comes from where I’m from. It’s an everyday either-you-struggle-or-survive lifestyle. Growing up in Philadelphia Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Stephanie Graham, author of Sky Might Fall →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Audrey McKay, author of Enough Good News

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Audrey McKay, author of Enough Good News
(Two Shoes Publishing House)

Sidra Lyons has it all: a great family, a wonderful life, and a new relationship with an amazing man. Life for her is pure bliss and she doesn’t think God could bless her any better if He tried.

When the father she’s had little contact with over the last 30 years shows up and announces he has a daughter from a previous relationship, a relationship he had while married to her mother, Sidra’s life begins to take some interesting turns.

The sisters embark on a journey of love and self-discovery. Will they be able to look past their differences and form a real family? Only time will tell…

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write Enough Good News?

Audrey McKay: I was on a business trip in California, where I was born, and they made an announcement in the airport for ANDREA McKay. Because Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Audrey McKay, author of Enough Good News →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Martha Southgate, author of The Taste of Salt

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Martha Southgate, author of The Taste of Salt
(Algonquin Books)

Josie Henderson is a smart, passionate marine biologist who finds herself face-to-face with her family’s legacy of alcoholism. Not just a story of addiction, this is the story of a woman learning to heal herself – and realizing that you can’t run from what you fear forever.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write The Taste of Salt?

Martha Southgate: My inspiration to write the book came from two sources. First, my love of the water – I wanted to create someone who loves Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Martha Southgate, author of The Taste of Salt →