Glory Bishop, Deborah L. King
Glory Bishop, Deborah L. King
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Glory Bishop

Author: Deborah L. King

Narrator: Dara Brown

Unabridged: 11 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/06/2024

Categories: Fiction, Drama, Women


Synopsis

Glory Bishop lives her life in pieces. At work and with her friends, she reads novels, speaks her mind, and enjoys slow dances and stolen kisses with her boyfriend, JT. But at home, Glory follows strict rules and second-guesses every step. Though she dreams of going to college and living like a normal teenage girl, her abusive mother has other ideas.When JT leaves to join the navy, Glory is left alone and heartsick. The preacher's son, Malcolm Porter, begins to shower her with lavish gifts, and her mother pushes Glory to accept his advances. Glory is torn between waiting for true love with JT or giving in to the overzealous Malcolm.When a stranger attacks Glory on the street, Malcolm steps in to rescue her, and her interest in him deepens. But the closer she gets to him, the more controlling he becomes. Glory must eventually decide whether to rely on others or to be her own savior.

Author Bio

Though Deborah L. King has been a writer and storyteller her whole life, publishing her first short story at seven years old, she took only thirty-two years to complete the story of Glory Bishop. The novels were published in 2019 and 2021 as Glory Bishop and Glory Unbound. The two-part story tells the coming-of-age of a Chicago teenager growing up in the 1980s. Glory Unbound is a finalist for the CWA 2022 book of the year. Deborah's third novel, Mary Not Broken, is the prequel to Glory Bishop and tells the story of Glory's mother.

Deborah loves storms, champagne, old time radio, and '70s blues and soul. As a fiction writer, she loves the work of Octavia Butler, classic Stephen King, Peter David, and the illustrations of Dan DeCarlo. Thanks to an interesting childhood, she's afraid of escalators, bill collectors, and sometimes fresh produce.

Along with being a Vulcan and a bread-bender, Deborah enjoys cartoons, baking, photography, and Star Trek. Born and raised in Chicago, she has managed to achieve all of her childhood dreams-artist, teacher, baker, photographer, model, truck-driver, writer-and still lives in the area with her husband and two youngest children. According to her daughter, she has "literally aced her life!"

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