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D. Bryant Simmons

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in Chicago, The United States

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http://www.themorrowgirls.com

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Fiction, Women's Fiction, African American Fiction

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Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison ...more

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December 2012

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D. Bryant Simmons is an award-winning author who pens realistic fiction that straddles the line between art and social commentary. She is currently hard at work on The Morrow Girls Series, a family saga that spans three generations of women. Simmons' fiction delves into muddy waters, exploring subjects such as domestic violence, addiction, and mental illness. She believes novels can act as agents of change and hopes that her writing will inspire and empower women.

Simmons' writing style is reflective of her personality. She suffers from a horrible case of impatience. She values emotional connections above all else and is hopelessly distrustful of happy endings.

She is a graduate of the Univeristy of Illinois where she earned her BA in Sociolo ...more

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Average rating: 4.03 · 280 ratings · 54 reviews · 6 distinct works

	How to Knock a Bravebird from Her Perch (The Morrow Girls Series, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 241 ratings — published 2014 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blue Sky (The Morrow Girls Series, #2) 4.40 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2015 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Boy Scout really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Kill a Caged Bird (The Morrow Girls Series, #3) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blue Sky: The Second Novel in the Morrow Girls Series 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Knock a Bravebird from Her Perch (The Morrow Girls) by D. Bryant Simmons (2016-04-06) by D. Bryant Simmons (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by D. Bryant Simmons (?)

“asked me if I loved him. Should’ve told him the truth. That I ain’t know enough about myself to love anybody. That I wasn’t even sure I had it in me. Maybe folks were born with a specific reserve of love inside them and maybe mine was all used up. But instead of saying any of that I just said, “’Of course I do.”
― D. Bryant Simmons, How to Knock a Bravebird from Her Perch: The First Novel in the Morrow Girls Series

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“I'd never told a lie before in my life. Not one that I hadn't convinced myself was the truth first.”
― D. Bryant Simmons, How to Knock a Bravebird from Her Perch

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D.’s Quotes

“Freedom is a state of mind, I said wondering where I'd heard it before, not a state of being. We are all slaves to gravity and morality and the vicissitudes of nature. Our genes govern us much more than we'd like to think. Our bodies can not know absolute freedom but our minds can, can at least try.”
― Walter Mosley, Killing Johnny Fry: A Sexistential Novel

tags: sex, sexuality

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“My library is an archive of longings.”
― Susan Sontag, As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980

tags: books, library, longing

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“Unbelievable! You are unbelievable! First you ruin my life and then you blame it on my period!”
― Jane Aire, Black Rose, Episode One: A BDSM Novella

tags: humor, mothers-and-daughters

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“Chris ordered Greek Chicken, no butter no salt, and I decided to splurge on a hamburger. To which my mama took the opportunity to point out that I could eat whatever I wanted and not get fat. She never believed me when I said I watched what I ate and exercised on the regular.

“Her daddy was the same way. Straight up and down. Course she got the tits that he ain’t have.”
― Jane Aire, Black Rose, Episode One: A BDSM Novella

tags: body-image, humor, mothers-and-daughters

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“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison

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