SHINEGBA
Chana
AUTHOR • MOTHER • HOSPITALITY EXPERT
“THE NIGHT HAS FALLEN BUT THE SKY IS STAINED RED. NINA STARES AT THE MOON AND SWEARS IT HAS A HEART THAT PULSATES WITH EACH BEAT OF THE DRUM…”- FROM DANCER IN THE BULLPEN
ABOUT THE BOOK
A CAPTIVATING BLEND OF AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL FICTION AND MAGICAL REALISM, DANCER IN THE BULLPEN CHARTS THE LIFE OF A BLACK WOMAN GROWING UP IN THE DC SUBURBS, THE EXPECTATIONS THAT BIND HER, AND THE LOVE THAT WILL SET HER FREE.
PRAISE FOR THE BOOK
Carlos Harleaux, author of Can I Pick Your Brain
“A PROLIFIC WRITER WHO CONVEYS HER STORY WITH EASE AND EXPERTISE OF A VETERAN AUTHOR…MANY WILL BE ABLE TO RELATE TO NINA’S EVOLUTION OF WOMANHOOD AND COMING-OF-AGE, REGARDLESS OF GENDER.”
Gina Nicole Brown, actor and author of Teeth Should Not Be Optional
"WITH ELEMENTS OF MAGICAL REALISM AND RAW EMOTION, SHINEGBA PAINTS A VIVID PORTRAIT OF NINA’S JOURNEY FROM TIMID DREAMER TO EMPOWERED INDIVIDUAL…PLUNGE INTO THIS SPELLBINDING BLEND OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND FICTION, SET AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF THE D.C. SUBURBS, AND DISCOVER THE RESILIENCE OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY.”
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