During a Covid-19 quarantine in her recently deceased mother’s home, Skye Faye Matthews is faced with the memories of her often toxic relationship with her mother, Johanne Carruthers. Skye finds a poem that her mother Johanne wrote about her own mother titled “The Hats in Mama’s Closet”. This Poem leads Skye down a path of discovering why she and her mother had so many struggles in their relationship. This fictional story deals with breaking generational curses and ridding yourself of resentments with a metaphoric backdrop of bright and beautiful couture hats.
Before the Panache: Discover the Origins of Cyrano de Bergerac’s Legendary Spirit
What creates a hero? Is greatness something a person is born with—or something forged through hardship, heartbreak, and determination? In Before the Panache: From Savinien to Cyrano de Bergerac, author Edgard Bronce-Ceray invites readers into the untold story behind one of literature’s most iconic figures. Long before Cyrano became the flamboyant swordsman and poet immortalized…
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