The Unexpected Diva | Born into s lavery on a Mississippi plantation\, Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield has been raised in the safety of Philadelphia&rsquo\;s Quaker community by a wealth y adoptive mother. Sheltered and educated\, Eliza&rsquo\;s happy childhood always included music lessons to nurture her unique gift: a glorious thre e-octave singing voice that leaves listeners in awe. But on the eve of her twenty-fourth birthday\, young Eliza&rsquo\;s world is thrown into a tail spin when her mother dies.
\nEliza&rsquo\;s inheritance is contested by her mother&rsquo\;s white cousins\, leaving her few options. She can m arry her longtime beau\, Lucien\, though she has no desire to be a wife an d mother. Or she can work as a tutor for rich families. Her mother&rsquo\; s dying wish was for Eliza to pursue her talent and become a professional singer\, but that grand vision now seems out of reach.
\nWhen a chan ce performance on a steamboat to Buffalo\, New York\, leads to a surprisin g opportunity\, fearless Eliza seizes her moment. Within a year she is tou ring America\, singing to packed houses\, and igniting controversy whereve r she goes. In a country captivated by &ldquo\;the Swedish Nightingale&rdq uo\; Jenny Lind\, Eliza is billed by tour promoters as &ldquo\;the Black S wan.&rdquo\; An unlikely diva\, Eliza is tall\, dark-skinned\, and robust of figure compared to the petite European prima donna\, but even the harsh est critics can&rsquo\;t deny Eliza&rsquo\;s extraordinary gift. Menaced b y racist crowds\, threatened by slave-catchers who kidnap free Black peopl e\, Eliza lives a public life full of risk\, but one which also holds the promise of great riches\, and the freedoms those buy.
\nFrom the chu rches of Philadelphia to Queen Victoria&rsquo\;s salon in Buckingham Palac e\, Eliza Greenfield will blaze her own path&mdash\;with a voice that no l istener will ever forget.
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\nBooks will b e available for purchase and signing from Read it Again Bookstore. \;
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Tif fany L. Warren is a nationally bestselling author\, playwright\, songwrite r\, mother\, and wife. A two-time RT Book Award winner\, an Essence bestse ller\, and an eight-time AALBC bestseller\, she&rsquo\;s published more th an twenty-five novels since debuting in 2005 with What a Sista Should Do\, as well as two young adult series under the name Nikki Carter. T he film adaptation of her award-winning novel\, The Favorite Son\ , premiered in 2021 as a BET+ Original Movie directed by Robin Givens and starring Rotimi\, Jonathan McReynolds E. Roger Mitchell\, Serayah\, and Lo ren Lott. The visionary behind the Faith and Fiction Retreat\, Warren also is the co-founder\, along with her husband Brent\, of Warren Productions\ , and has produced gospel musicals of her novels What a Sista Should D o and The Replacement Wife. She and her husband live in Mary land with their five children. \;
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Moderating the talk will be Piper Huguley \, author of \;By Her Own Design \;as well as the \;< em>Home to Milford College \;and the \;Migrations of the Heart series. She is a multiple-time Golden Heart finalist. Piper blo gs about the history behind her novels on her website. \;
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