God's Will and Other Lies: Stories

God's Will and Other Lies: Stories - Paperback

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God's Will and Other Lies: Stories - Paperback

God's Will and Other Lies: Stories - Paperback

by Penny Mickelbury
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Book Overview

In this stunning departure from her mystery writing, Penny Mickelbury's collection of stories God's Will and Other Lies, attends to the lives of Black women, mostly aging and elderly, all determined to face life with strength and grace.

A nearly blind woman is determined to venture out into the world alone, and must face the consequences of her travels. A woman estranged from her community ponders the meaning of hearsay and its devastating consequences. A middle-aged woman leaves the danger of the city only to find it lurking in her own backyard. And in the novella, "Into the Fire," Mickelbury follows the life of a southern family as they strive for success amidst the violence and uncertainty of 1960s Detroit.

In beautiful and exacting prose, Mickelbury gives voice to an often-overlooked coterie of women in this superb collection of fiction.
ISBN9780997243925
Author Penny Mickelbury
PublisherBlf Press LLC
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedMarch 2019
LanguageENG- English
Pages204
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Penny Mickelbury

PENNY MICKELBURY is the author of three successful mystery series and an award-winning playwright. She is a two-time Lambda Literary Award finalist, was a writer in residence at Hedgebrook Women Writers Retreat, and is a recipient of the Audre Lorde Estate Grant. Prior to focusing on literary pursuits, Penny was a pioneering newspaper, radio, and television reporter, based primarily in Washington, D.C., wrote journalistic non-fiction and was a frequent contributor to such publications as Black Issues Book Review, Africana.com, and the Washington Blade. In 2019, Penny and other members of The Washington Post's Metro Seven were inducted into the National Association of Black Journalists' Hall of Fame.

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