WILDFLOWERS by Lyah Beth LeFlore is a beautifully written novel that explores the complexity of the love between mothers and daughters.
35-year old Chloe Davis Michaels has it all: a great job as a partner in a boutique publicity firm in Los Angeles, a handsome new husband, and a baby on the way. But no matter how things look from the outside, the reality of Chloe’s gilded life is far from perfect. Her husband has a violent streak that terrifies her, and she knows that the only way to protect her unborn child is to leave. And so with $23.11 to her name, Chloe seeks refuge in the loving arms of her Midwestern family, and returns to St. Louis to “get prayed up” and figure out her next move.
But Chloe is not the only woman in her family who is going through a crisis. And as secrets are revealed and the bonds of family are tested, the Davis women are forced to finally be honest with each other–and with themselves–in order to weather the storm.
Lyah Beth LeFlore is a native of St. Louis, Missouri, and holds a B.A. in Communications Media from Stephens College. In May 2005 she became the youngest member of the Stephens College Board of Trustees, and only the second African American to be appointed to the Board in the college’s history. She is also a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated. She actively speaks on the lecture circuit.
February
2010
