Ella Pruitt - Softcover

Cooper Spencer, Doug

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0692612491 ISBN 13: 9780692612491

Publisher: Doug Cooper Spencer, 2015

Synopsis

‘The smallest act can haunt you forever...’Pregnant at thirteen by a young man who comes to her hometown, Ella commits what she considers a small act to hold onto the young man. But that one small act spirals out of control and becomes something that haunts Ella for years to come as she struggles with the decision she made that fateful summer and the effect it has as it touches everyone around her including the son she gave birth to—now an adult, and the prominent minister she eventually marries. ‘Ella Pruitt’, a story about memory, guilt and reckoning.

About this title

About the Author:

    Doug Cooper Spencer is a writer living in New York City. He is the author of four novels and a book written as an epistle. 
    Doug grew up in Lincoln Heights, Ohio, an all-black town north of Cincinnati. He attended Lincoln Heights Elementary and High School, before graduating from Princeton High School in 1972. 
    Following high school, Doug enrolled at Thomas More College,where he majored in English Literature, but he left before completing his degree because he wanted to travel and write. He joined the Navy where he traveled extensively and began to seriously pursue writing.  While in the military he began to speak openly about gay rights, and as a result, he was kicked out of the military.
    He went on to eventually work at The University of Cincinnati where he worked in administration and lectured part-time. 
    Doug also served as in-house lecturer at the Cincinnati branch of The National Urban League's "Leadership Training Forum". He also aided in the production of, and appears in the award winning 1996documentary "All God's Children", a film that looks at the role of black gays and the black church. Along with his husband, hairstylist and photographer Greg Cooper Spencer, Doug co-produced "The Eyes Open Festival" and was president of "The Eyes Open Festival Organization", a non-profit organization that used the arts in the black LGBTQ community to educate and inspire all communities to wellness.
    In 2006 Doug was named by "Clik Magazine" as one of their 'elite 25 writers', and in 2016 Doug's novel 'Ella Pruitt' was named as 'one of the best works of fiction of 2016' by The Phillis Wheatley Book Awards.
    Currently Doug is at work on his sixth book (his fifth novel), a collection of short stories and memory pieces, in addition to a screenplay.

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Review:

'One of the best works of fiction of 2016' ~ Phillis Wheatley Book Awards 
"I have just finished reading 'Ella Pruitt' and want to thank you for this wonderful, touching, moving and inspiring novel. When I read the last page it felt more like saying goodbye to the characters than finishing a book. Again you had me at the first page and for that I want to thank you. This book will go far..." ~ Patricia, Bremen Germany. 
"Excellent!!! Simply wonderful! What an amazing novel! I just finished Ella's story. ... This was a wonderful story. I absolutely love it. Great arc, very well written, lovely characters. Just delicious! ... it's such a joy to read good writing. Thank you so much!" ~ Bryan, New Jersey
 
"A wonderful book!" ~Shawn, Chicago IL.
 
"(Doug Cooper Spencer) ...You're a brilliant master!!!" ~ Hartsel Shirley, author, 'Three Words, Four Letters'
 
"This author is a true master of the craft." ~ Sondi Warner, author
 
"Magnificent! 'Ella Pruitt' captivated me and I could not put it down... Kudos! LOVED IT!" ~C. Andrews
 
"A GREAT READ!!!" ~ K. Herron
 
"The webs we weave. This is a story of how not dealing with your past can destroy your future..." R. L. Hardison

About this edition

• Publisher: Doug Cooper Spencer
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0692612491
• ISBN 13: 9780692612491
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 329