R&B Singing Legend Mary Wells and Television Personality Shelia Banks |
Nothing you could say or do could keep me away from my television when Sheila was on the air. I was completely taken by Shelia’s grace, flawless on air delivery and her Fire Engine red lips! Fast forward a few years (smiles) and I am still just as in awe of her gifts and talents as ever.
Obviously pretty darn good at wearing multiple hats, Shelia has a new job - author! Her first book is called Bittersweet; a novel based on a true story. The book hasn't even hit stores shelves, but people are already buzzing about it! I could totally see Bittersweet on the big screen! It's just that good!
Bittersweet is listed on Barnes & Noble's website for pre-ordering at a discounted price. Go Shelia, Go! - xoxox
ABOUT THE BOOK
When a deeper hued playmate declares, “My mamma says you ain’t nothin’ but a whole lotta yellow gon’ to waste,” Ellie gets a taste of racism on her side of the fence. But the often-tortured, uneducated young girl refuses to let the taunt dampen her spirit. Instead her passion and drive for self-realization propel her from a childhood rape in swampy LeBeau, Louisiana to a spurious first marriage in the Indian/Creole/Black dust bowl of Oklahoma and a successful career as a fashion designer, business owner, and real estate entrepreneur in Los Angeles. Decade’s later life comes full circle when her daughter dates a young white man whose father had been one of those who raped Ellie and Ellie is brutalized by her own people at the ignition of the Watts Riots. This debut novel is one of coming of age, race, womanhood, and the determination of a woman to succeed in early-20th-century America despite the country’s racial prescriptions and gender presumptions. Through it all, Ellie’s relationships with her loved ones force her to deal with the trauma of her childhood and the difficulties of letting go and to recognize the values of forgiveness, understanding, love, and healing.
• ISBN-13: 9780979098734
• Publisher: Sweet Earth Flying Press, LLC
• Publication date: 4/1/2012
• Pages: 306
Meet the Author
Sheila Banks is a former television personality, an award-winning documentary producer, and a communications executive. She is a former host of a weekly PBS news analysis program Metro Week in Review and This Week in Black Entertainment at WETA in Washington , DC , and the original co-host of BET's Video Soul. She received an Emmy Award for her documentary March on Washington: 20 Years Later. She lives in Washington , DC .
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