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The Claudia Stories: Tales of New York City
Claudia Marron has an interview a world away from her home in Brooklyn. The ninety minute trip through the labyrinth of New York City reveals the imaginative tales of the people she sees in her neighborhood and the strangers who populate the landscape of traveling to the upper east side of Manhattan.
The immigrants who run the local bodega, Sweet Hearts; a middle schooler who tames the bullies on the local bus; the woman with turquoise eyes rehearsing her programming pitch at Telemundo; and the nanny who quotes Eleanor Roosevelt, are some of the fourteen characters linked by Claudia’s journey.
In these stories, the strangers she passes have lives just waiting to be imagined. These are the inhabitants of a complicated city; they have so much more to them than what we see: invisible people who brush up against us on an ordinary day.
What power do these momentary connections have for Claudia and for us?
A Novel
The Last Daughter of Elizabeth Light
In a family of voyagers and seekers, what does it mean to truly come home?
In this intricate narrative about destiny and legacy, author Bonita LeFlore guides readers backwards from 2001 to the late 1700’s through the stories of nine generations of the Light family. Following the physical journey of a book passed from parent to child, The Last Daughter of Elizabeth Light reveals a family history repeating itself through centuries.
The two-hundred-year journey of the Light family shows just how true are ancient words of advice about the continuity of time and place. Through tales circling the globe from the United States and England to Australia and New Zealand and involving women’s issues, family relationships, and the connection between what came before and what comes after, readers will travel with the family through its ancestry to discover not only its roots but also what they mean for its future. Available on Amazon all ebook platforms and Indie Bound stores.
Short Stories
ABOUT THE BOOKS
CafeLitMagazine –OCTOBER 2023
MAGICAL THINKING (ESSAY)
BEYOND WORDS LITERARY MAGAZINE
THE NIGHT WATCH
ADELAIDE LITERARY AWARD ANTHOLOGY, SHORT STORIES 2020, FINALIST (PRINT) 2021
Bonita LeFlore 
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