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SUMMARY:Q&A with Historical Fiction Author Denny S. Bryce on Zoom
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DESCRIPTION:Denny Bryce will join us to discuss her new book\, The Other P
 rincess\, a stunning portrait of an African princess raised in Queen Victo
 ria’s court—based on the real-life story of Sarah Forbes Bon
 etta..\nhttps://mhl.libnet.info/event/8986133
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>About the book:</p>\n<p>With a brilliant m
 ind and a fierce will to survive\, Sarah Forbes Bonetta\, a kidnapped Afri
 can princess\, is rescued from enslavement at seven years old and presente
 d to Queen Victoria as a &ldquo\;gift.&rdquo\; To the Queen\, the girl is 
 an exotic trophy to be trotted out for the entertainment of the royal cour
 t and to showcase Victoria&rsquo\;s magnanimity. Sarah charms most of the 
 people she meets\, even those who would cast her aside. Her keen intellige
 nce and her aptitude for languages and musical composition helps Sarah nav
 igate the Victorian era as an outsider given insider privileges.</p>\n<p>B
 ut embedded in Sarah&rsquo\;s past is her destiny. Haunted by visions of d
 estruction and decapitations\, she desperately seeks a place\, a home she 
 will never run from\, never fear\, a refuge from nightmares and memories o
 f death.</p>\n<p>Based on the real life of Queen Victoria&rsquo\;s Black g
 oddaughter\, Sarah Forbes Bonetta&rsquo\;s story is a sweeping saga of an 
 African princess in Victorian England and West Africa\, as she searches fo
 r a home\, family\, love\, and identity.</p>\n<p>About Denny:</p>\n<p>I wr
 ite historical fiction\, and my third novel\, The Other PRINCESS: a novel 
 of Queen Victoria&rsquo\;s Goddaughter\, will release from William Morrow 
 Books on October 3\, 2023. &nbsp\;My first two novels\, WILD WOMEN AND THE
  BLUES and IN THE FACE OF THE SUN\, were dual-timeline novels that explore
 d the 1920s in Chicago and Los Angeles\, respectively\, and the entertainm
 ent industry. Each novel featured a cast of courageous\, flawed\, adventur
 ous\, and sometimes dangerous female protagonists.</p>\n<p>My novels explo
 re the African American and/or Black experience in well-researched stories
  that I am proud to share as one of the Black authors worldwide telling th
 ese stories.</p>\n<p>My love of American\, European\, and African history 
 I credit to my maternal grandmother\, Ella Elizabeth Joseph\, who immigrat
 ed from Kingston\, Jamaica\, to New York City in 1923. I also must give my
  maternal grandfather some love\, too. He was born in French Guiana and fo
 ught in the Great War (WWI) in France. In exploring my ancestry\, like man
 y African Americans\, my family&rsquo\;s roots are in West Africa\, today&
 rsquo\;s Nigeria. I am also first generation Bermudan (on my father&rsquo\
 ;s side) and second-generation Jamaican (on my mother&rsquo\;s side).</p>\
 n<p>This program is in partnership with Ashland Public Library.</p>\nhttps
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