ABOUT ME
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Author B. Lynn Carter
JUS BREATHE
Set in New York City’s turbulent 60s, Jus Breathe is the story of Dawn Porter, who has spent her life doing two things:
- Seeking the ethereal music that once wafted through her grandparent’s warm, loving dwelling
- Leaving.
“Look at her!” her daddy had slurred. “She ain’t mine. You had the nerve to name her Dawn. You shudda named her Midnight!” Then he was gone….for good. She was five. In time, Dawn came to appreciate Daddy’s lesson. “Leaving time” became her resilient superpower. Daddy was gone but his words never left and they certainly didn’t leave her alone. In the wake of those words, a midnight ugly black duckling creature had appeared in the mirror to mock her and control her ability to breathe.
What Readers Are Saying
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“B. Lynn Carter takes you back to the sixties with her vividly drawn scenes of racial upheaval and campus unrest. She shows you the inside a backstreet abortionist’s apartment and leads you onto the streets of Harlem after the King assassination. Even more gripping is the trip inside her protagonist, Dawn’s, mind.”
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“For those who are looking for real literature “Jus’ Breathe” by B. Lynn Carter is for you. I soaked up each word and sentence as she tells the story of Dawn, a young black woman, in the late 1960s. Carter’s tone is one of a pensive and thoughtful detachment that creates a mood of loneliness, determination, and courage.”
𝘾𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙫𝙚-𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬
“B. Lynn Carter’s Jus Breathe captures beautifully and earnestly a growing up story, the inner struggles of growing up and finding who we really are. Lynn’s language is nuanced, lyrical, and thought-provoking. This is a novel that makes you ponder, a wonderful page-turner.”
𝘾𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙫𝙚-𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬
“Carter’s prose allows readers to breathe right along with Dawn as if we’re reading her private journal, even as if we’re inside her head. Dawn’s voice is that close: at times uncomfortable, young, frightened, giddy, flawed, yearning, ambitious, and always real. Not a false note
𝘾𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙫𝙚-𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬
Upcoming Book
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