An unflinching study of urban decay revealed through the end-days of a make shift family. The story is told through the eyes of 7-year-old Tina and her mother Earnestine. Tina, the third of five children, is a sensitive girl victimized by a stepfather addicted to cruelty and neglected by a mother addicted to heroin. Earnestine is a tortured soul who in spite of her drug addiction and poor taste in men, fights to keep her family together. The story of loss, shame and ultimately compassion is written in terse prose, reflecting the fragmented era in which the story is set - the late 1960's.
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Daughter Denied, inspired by Alretha Thomas's own tumultuous upbringing, follows Tina from pre-adolescent to young adulthood. Wrought from a lifetime of self-discovery, Thomas has poured into Tina, the most vulnerable character, the self-examination and recrimination that victims often feel. This is an urban drama that reflects the soul of the female survivor who emerges whole.
   

Tina never disintegrates into hatred and her messages of renewal and hope bring the salvation to the story that she ultimately herself receives.

Its readability, depth and dialog-driven character interaction makes it fast paced. Daughter Denied captures the essence of a dysfunctional urban family and pulls no punches while at the same time providing the reader with humorous and light moments characteristic of the climate of the 60's which often vacillated from turbulent to joyous.

 

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Enjoy "Vacation with Alretha"

Los Angeles book area clubs can now enjoy a "Vacation with Alretha." For every Los Angeles area book club that purchases 12 or more copies of Daughter Denied from daughterdenied.com between Sunday, June 15, 2008 and Tuesday, July 15, 2008 author Alretha Thomas will spend an hour and a half at a meeting of your book club! That’s right Alretha will meet your members, discuss, sign copies and read from Daughter Denied. Don’t have a book club? Here’s a wonderful opportunity to start one—and enjoy the company of Alretha Thomas author of Daughter Denied! To qualify you must purchase a minimum of 12 copies of Daughter Denied and your book club must meet in the Greater Los Angeles area on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon. After purchasing your books from daughterdenied.com call Lovelace Lee III at (310) 743-2855 to schedule Alretha’s appearance. Hurry as dates are filling up fast. Act now!

 
 
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