Here’s What People Are Saying About

In the Mirror

“As a fan of Odessa Rose since reading her first book, Water in A Broken Glass, I’m excited she has offered this interesting and intense story and glad to have read it,” Talibah Chikwendu, Afro American Newspaper.

“…anyone who has been the ‘other’ woman, knows someone who is the ‘other’ woman or who has an opinion…about the ‘other’ woman will be shocked and moved by this novel,” Iisha J. Bradford, Lady Brunchers Book Club.

“Rose gives readers an inside view of what happens when Jasmine’s plan slowly begins to unravel as she witnesses what true love is really all about,” Priscilla C. Johnson, APOOO BookClub.

“Normally the other woman is on the outside and not able to look in! Rose resolves this by placing Jasmine Falls in the middle of her married lover’s house. What unfolds is an emotionally gripping, wrecking tale of a woman who wants to prove she is more than a fling,”   G. Dan Buford, author of Separate But Equal.

“Characters are Rose’s bread and butter and she does them well, making you feel as if they are your friends and sometimes your enemy. Wondering what makes them tick and what will tick them off. In the end, reality bleeds true and life turns out…interesting. The closet will never be the same again after reading In the Mirror,” Anondra Kat Williams, author of black girl love.

“Come and take a look In the Mirror.  You just might see yourself,” Dahni McPhail, author of My Girl Is Your Girlfriend.

 Here’s What People Are Saying About

 Water In A Broken Glass

“Odessa Rose’s sensuous story twists and turns throughout an attraction triangle shared by a popular sculptress, a man she loves and the woman she ends up loving even more. It’s a joyous journey through eroticism and art alike, and many readers consider it a major triumph of African-American lesbian literature,” Accredited Online Colleges

“Rose’s meditative insights into family closeness and loyalty and her exquisite sense of detail make this a promising debut and a strikingly unusual romance,” Whitney Scott, Booklist

“Rose blends music, color and a range of characters and human emotions, thus creating a wonderful field of texture upon which the reader can play,” Professor Ann Cobb, Coppin State University.

“Intriguing.  Once you encounter the mix of characters you can’t put it down,” B.J. DeGraff, Black Writers’ Guild of Maryland

“Mrs. Rose has created real people—flawed, strong, hopeful people—and allowed us to watch their lives unfold and share their struggle, growth and emergence..” Talibah Chikwendu, Columnist and Operations Specialist for the Afro American Newspaper

“Odessa Rose makes the reader comfortable with the characters, as well as their surroundings and graciously helps the reader to truly understand Tonya’s confusion!”  Cheryl Robinson, Just About Books Internet Radio Talk Show

“[Rose’s] gift for creating characters of depth and settings that carry the taste of reality make this book a real delight for those who prize vivid characters and realistic settings in their fiction,” Ed Doyle-Gillespie, Word House.

“A fantastic book!” Maryland Delegate, Barbara Robinson

“. . . this novel fearlessly speaks to an often invisible culture with the hope that the reader will walk away a little more human, a tad more tolerant, and a heck of a lot smarter,” Doni Glover, Journalist and On-Air Talent

Who is the other woman?  What does she want?  How did she become the other woman?  What does she have to endure, accept, ignore and sacrafice in order to keep her status as the other woman?  Is the other woman lonely.  Does she have low self-esteem?  Is she mentally unstable?  How long will she be content with being the other woman?  Is she content with being the other woman?  Does she believe it’s worth it to be the other woman?  We she get the prize in the end?  Does the other woman have low expectations for men?  What does the other woman get from being the other woman?  How does the other woman cope with being the other woman?  Is the other woman your mother, sister, best girlfriend, aunt?  What exactly do you say about the other woman?  What exactly do you say to the other woman?

Join me Saturday, May 19th at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum.  I will be reading and discussing In the Mirror.

http://www.africanamericanculture.org/bookclub.html

The other woman is your friend, your sister, your aunt, your mother.  Is she a hateful person?  Is she horrible?  Can you understand her?

What would you say to the other woman?

Read In the Mirror.  I guarentee you have not seen the other woman in this way before.  I doubt that the other woman has seen herself in this way.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/098306301X/ref=sib_dp_pt#reader-link

The book festival was pretty good this year.  I met a lot of new authors and had a good time.  I was selling In the Mirror, Water In A Broken Glass and doing a little promoting for Kizmic’s Journey.  Here are some pictures.  Michael and the kids helped me set up.  I couldn’t do any of this without my wonderful family.

Michael let me borrow some of his football cards to help promote Kizmic’s Journey.  The men that came by the table loved the football cards and the minature skully board.  Phinesse Demps loved this card.

Author Donnie Manuel sees if he still got it.  He said he played skully when he was a kid.

Finally met author Lakia McDaniel.  I bought her book too.

Poet Evan Quitelle can still do his oneies.

Me and my publisher, Devlon.

The Reginald F. Lewis Museum has chosen In The Mirror for its May Book-of-the-Month.  Check it out.

http://www.africanamericanculture.org/bookclub.html

I will be there on Saturday, May 19th!!  I hope to see you there.

Thanks to Jody, more readers have bought copies of In the Mirror.  The response if awesome.  Word-of-Mouth is no joke.

The CityLit Festival was wonderful, as it always is.  I met a lot of new people and ran into some old friends.  One of the new people I met was a writer named Jason.  He is working on an futuristic anthology about Baltimore.  He was looking for writers.  So if you are interested, please visit his web site:  http://www.newfuturism.com/

This is a picture Jason took of my display for my upcoming book Kizmic’s Journey:

Writer LaDonna Smith, author of I Married Satan, snapped this photo of me at the festival.  When you get a chance, visit her site.  http://www.wix.com/ladonna/102010

I’d like to thank Gregg and the Enoch Pratt Library for putting on such a fantastic event.  I”m looking forward to being there for its Tenth Year!!