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I am so happy to host the cover reveal of “Celestial Blue Skies” by Maggie Collins. The book is a coming of age story and will release in April.
Enjoy the beautiful cover and go give some love to this very talented author. 🙂
Synopsis:
Celestial
Blue Skies is a coming of age story about young Creole and biracial Celeste
who lives in poverty with her mentally ill mother, her grandmother, Maymay, her
Aunt Bumblebee, her Uncle T-Red, her three illegitimate sisters, and her cousins.
Celeste learns how to fend for herself and her sisters at a young age while
also fighting rumors about her mother, Tut, the whore of Belle Place, a sleepy one
traffic- light Southwestern Louisiana town. Her mother Tut wants to leave all of them and
live with a man she finds working in the sugarcane fields.
Maymay fears that
Celeste will end up like her mother. Will Celeste end up like her mother, or
will she redeem her family from hoodoo and the Curse of the Mulatto? Will she
find love herself with someone with a culture just as exotic as hers?
Blue Skies is a coming of age story about young Creole and biracial Celeste
who lives in poverty with her mentally ill mother, her grandmother, Maymay, her
Aunt Bumblebee, her Uncle T-Red, her three illegitimate sisters, and her cousins.
Celeste learns how to fend for herself and her sisters at a young age while
also fighting rumors about her mother, Tut, the whore of Belle Place, a sleepy one
traffic- light Southwestern Louisiana town. Her mother Tut wants to leave all of them and
live with a man she finds working in the sugarcane fields.
Maymay fears that
Celeste will end up like her mother. Will Celeste end up like her mother, or
will she redeem her family from hoodoo and the Curse of the Mulatto? Will she
find love herself with someone with a culture just as exotic as hers?
Meet The Author:
I was born and raised under the clear
blue skies of Loreauville, Louisiana. I majored in English at the University of
Louisiana and later earned a Master’s degree from the University of New Orleans
where I earned the title Educational Diagnostician. I am married with two young
boys.
blue skies of Loreauville, Louisiana. I majored in English at the University of
Louisiana and later earned a Master’s degree from the University of New Orleans
where I earned the title Educational Diagnostician. I am married with two young
boys.
An
excerpt of my novel was published in Louisiana
Cultural Vistas. Celestial Blue Skies which was once titled The Curse of
the Mulatto was a 2009 finalist finalist for the worldwide William Faulkner
William Wisdom writing contest. It also placed as a finalist in the same 2011
competition as Celestial Blue Skies. I am a Center for Black Literature fellow.
excerpt of my novel was published in Louisiana
Cultural Vistas. Celestial Blue Skies which was once titled The Curse of
the Mulatto was a 2009 finalist finalist for the worldwide William Faulkner
William Wisdom writing contest. It also placed as a finalist in the same 2011
competition as Celestial Blue Skies. I am a Center for Black Literature fellow.
Follow the Author:
Mail id: maggieperrodin@yahoo.com
Blog: http://celestialblueskies.blogspot.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maggiewhodat.collins
twitter: @maggie28
Blog: http://celestialblueskies.blogspot.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maggiewhodat.collins
twitter: @maggie28
