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We love reading here at ATG, and we also love chatting with authors to hear more about their books, projects and general life. As part of our regular author interviews, we’d love to incorporate questions from our ATG readers and visitors - yes, we want you to get involved!

One of our future interviews will be with Felicia Sullivan, author of the beautiful memoir The Sky Isn’t Visible from Here which comes out on February 5th, 2008. Here is a brief description of the book from Amazon:

“Felicia Sullivan’s volatile, beautiful, deceitful, drug-addicted mother disappeared on the night Sullivan graduated from college, and has not been seen or heard from in the ten years since. Sullivan, who grew up on the tough streets of Brooklyn in the 1980s, now looks back on her childhood—lived among drug dealers, users, and substitute fathers. Sullivan became her mother’s keeper, taking her to the hospital when she overdosed, withstanding her narcissistic rages, succumbing to the abuse or indifference of so-called stepfathers, and always wondering why her mother would never reveal the truth about the father she’d never met.

Ashamed of her past, Sullivan invented a persona to show the world. Yet despite her Ivy League education and numerous accomplishments, she, like her mother, eventually succumbed to alcohol and drug abuse. She wrote The Sky Isn’t Visible from Here, a testament to the resilience of the human spirit, when she realized it was time to kill her own creation.”

You can read Chapter 1 of The Sky Isn’t Visible from Here to get a glimpse into this heart-breaking, and yet inspiring memoir. It may be a story that hits close to home for many of us who have had to deal with similar childhoods and/or mothers. I for one, felt that at times I was reading snippets from my own childhood. I devoured this book.

So, leave your questions in the comments below and your name will also be added to a draw for a free copy of The Sky Isn’t Visible from Here.

Posted by Lorissa in Arts: Books, Music & Movies |

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