: 17-year-old Orphea Proud’s life is turned upside down by the death of her best friend and secret sweetheart Lissa. She pulls her life back together and starts afresh living in her mother’s old town with her two aunts. Orphea explains her background and how she became a poet with a regular gig…a...
Ma and Otis were singing to me.“Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to YOU!” My eyes shot open and Ma and Otis both started tickling me at the same time.“Quit it!” I choked, rolling up into a ball. Ma was after my stomach, while Otis tickled the back of my neck. “Quit it!” I howled. “You’re goi...