Priscilla

Editora:

M. J. Simms-Maddox, Inc.

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491_9780578178998

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This prequel portrays a bright, carefree, and enterprising African American young woman who is almost always getting into a spot of trouble. Priscilla is her name. Called PJ, Missy, and Miss Prissy by family and close friends, she is self-centered, spoiled, and sheltered; and she hardly ever sees herself the way that others see her. She is also strongly bound to her father-a Methodist minister and consummate politician. And although Priscilla has four other sisters and one brother, her father has raised her differently than the others, especially from the other girls. Less admirable traits are her tendency to push the envelope to the edge and her unpredictability. The story opens when, on a flight to Tallahassee, Florida, Priscilla reminisces about how she ended up in the Ohio Senate. It had been early in August of 1970, and Reverend Austin took Priscilla on her first plane ride. They flew from nearby Buffalo, New York to Charlotte, North Carolina, rented a car, and then drove en route to Salisbury to enroll Priscilla in college. Although Priscillas mother had wanted her to major in business, and her father had preferred the noble profession of teaching, Priscillas interest is in politics! She completed her undergraduate studies, and, early in the winter of 1974, shed headed off to The Ohio State University. While in graduate school, she acquired an internship with a state senator. They had an affair. And although Priscilla completed the program for a doctorate in political science, she did not write her dissertation. Quite to the surprise of everyone who knew her, she instead joined the faculty at Florida A&M University. Even more surprisingly, after a mere two years on the job, her father asked a huge favor of her, to relocate closer to home (Prendergast, New York). But her father did not reveal the reason behind his request. In honoring her fathers request, Priscilla contacts the Ohio state senator with whom shed had an

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