I Am Your Sister

I am Your Sister #1

by Ericka K.F. Simpson

Symone Holmes is an 18-year-old high school graduate about to embark on a new life venture as a college freshman. Being a successful entrepreneur and a gifted athlete, one would think her transition would be smoother than most. However, when it is revealed that she is a lesbian, the path she had chosen to walk becomes littered with obstacles she had not anticipated. Now, standing alone, Symone turns to her faith to help unmask the truth in allowing all to see that love, in any form, is love. "I am Your Sister" also depicts the fractured relationship between Symone and her parents and how her loss of an old love gives way to her finding her true love.

276 pages, Paperback

First published May 20, 2003

About the author

Ericka K.F.Simpson was born and raised in Norfolk, Virginia. Her passion for writing began in grade school when she started writing poetry. In high school, she pretended she was a newspaper sports writer and wrote articles about her experiences on the basketball team. Those articles later turned into short stories and soon evolved into a full length novel. Ericka is now a self-published author of five books: I am Your Sister, In Fear of Losing You, Making Our Difference, Reality Check and the newly released, Jazzy Ladies Productions. She has also published her first non-fiction work entitled, "Living With 3 Strikes Against Me". This book is a collection of her thoughts on subjects ranging from women, love, religion and the LGBT community. Also highlighted are poems Ericka has written dating back to her middle school years.

In June 2010, Ericka won the Black Writers Reunion and Conference 2010 Atlanta Scholarship Competition. She currently lives in Macon, GA where she is finishing her Bachelors degree in Organizational Psychology and finishing her sixth fiction novel, bringing her total number of books published to seven.

Reviews

[Kimberly · Rating 4 out of 5]

The trials of a spiritual lesbian in the judgmental black community. It's funny that I was having a similar conversation about this topic with my sister last week. A lot these situations hit close to home which is why I really enjoyed this.

[Tamieka Yancey · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thoroughly enjoyed this book