Garden of Lies - Releasing Summer 2023
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"Who…. who decided that this lie was necessary? Not only to create it, but to continue it this long?"
The Chambers Family has lived their entire lives in South Pratt, Mississippi's public eye. Patriarch Gregory Chambers has worked tirelessly for nearly 35 years to provide them with a comfortable lifestyle and to create for them a solid and respected foundation as pillars of the community. However good the intent, the one thing he, his mother Henrietta, and housekeeper Maggie failed to consider in building that foundation, is what would happen when decades old secrets and lies come to the surface. How, or for that matter, will, the Chambers family survive the implosion of truth? DISCLAIMER Garden of Lies explores troubling familial topics including physical and emotional abuse, incest, and the like. Parts of this fictional account are told in often graphic detail and can possibly be triggering for abuse survivors, as well as requiring careful consideration for younger readers. Parental guidance is advised for younger readers, and caution is given to adult readers who are sensitive to these topics. |
INTRODUCING TONI CHEVELLE
Talk about humble beginnings; my initial phase of life was the epitome of humility. I was born to a 22 year old single mother, in a tiny medical clinic in the rural town of Hollandale, MS. I was raised on Highway 454 in a small community called Swiftwater (MS), on a farm known as Hollywood Plantation.
Our backyard was a cottonfield. Growing up, I ate meals out of recycled aluminum pie tins and drank koolaide and water out of repurposed jelly jars. I always thought we ate and drank out of those because it was fun and unique; it wasn't until I grew up that I understood it was because we were poor. Hmm...
My education came from right here in the MS Delta; elementary through high school at Norma C. O'Bannon School on Raceway Road, where I was Class Salutatorian; and college at Mississippi Valley State University in Itta Bena, MS, where I earned my Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communication. Currently I am pursuing my Master of Science in Media Management-Social Media Management through Arkansas State University. My writing began as imaginative play with my sister as we played with our Barbies; later, in high school, my first written assignment would be the catalyst for my love and passion for writing.
#letsmeettheChambers
Live Reading of
"Within These Walls"
During this live, Toni Chevelle will introduce "Gregory and Katie Anna Chambers", the founding couple of the Chambers family. Here, you get an inner look into their marriage and possibly a few issues in paradise.
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