First-time author, with a five-star rating, and an award recipient of the Literary Titan Gold Book Award for October 2023, Priscilla D Johnson’s historical fiction All About Us is riveting. She intrigues the reader with vivid descriptions of plots, and details while adding depth to ordinary characters, using masterful dialogue in an artsy way.
It was in the 1950s that Caiti Morris navigated a difficult and absorbing story of her life during the fifties, sixties, and seventies. Glassboro, North Carolina is where Caiti grew up along with her older brother Preston and younger siblings Stevie and Lilly. Horrible living conditions were more frequent than not buckling the kids’ spirits. Often they were little adults, a way of functioning in a dysfunctional family. As they grew they realized the adults that were part of their orbit were void of the secrets the brother-sister duo knew. Their forbidden secrets could ruin lives. The two of them knowingly expected the wrath of anger from the adults to be harsh if any of the prohibitive was revealed.
Heaped upon those revelations was one child scarred for a lifetime, a secret Preston and Caiti must keep to themselves. A best friend admits at a youthful age a clandestine they both must keep to themselves until his untimely tragic death. Will they reveal the truth and upend a friend’s stellar reputation? Will they survive the brutality of a bitter father, and a passive mother, as they battle a daunting amount of hardship?
Determined to remove themselves from their troubling past while ensconced in the bowels of societal inequities and their economic struggles was not an easy thing to do. One by one each of the Morris children left home in search of a better life. Gambling on their dreams, but not without hurdles. Could foreseeable barriers impede their progress or place them on dangerous paths?
Johnson’s style of writing is simple, yet engaging, enthralling, and yes captivating. She gives the reader a chance to champion the characters as she moves the story along with intriguing tidbits. She then brings the reader along with the characters to a bygone era, leaving them feeling as if they were right there and wanting more.
About the Author
Born and raised in Charlotte, North Carolina, Priscilla D. Johnson was educated in the Charlotte Mecklenburg School System and is a graduate of West Charlotte Senior High. She attended Central Piedmont Community College and Queens University of Charlotte, North Carolina.
A retired flight attendant, Priscilla now divides her time between traveling, writing, and community volunteering. Her travels exposed her to various cultures, economics, and social issues.
Her craving for writing culminated with the aforementioned uniquely helped her fictional characters with a balance of interest, resilience, and perseverance. A fondness for the music of the fifties, sixties, and seventies propelled her to choose this era to bring forth All About Us an exciting read.
She currently resides in Charlotte with her husband, Willie Spencer.
All About Us is a 410-page hardbound with a retail price of $41.00 (eBook $36.00). The ISBN is 979-8-88683-297-6. It was published by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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