The Day is Gone
Street Smart Series—No. 7
Shelonda Montgomery
The Day is Gone
Price: $6.50 pbk. Literature, Short fiction 5x7; 63 p.; 3 b&w illus. ISBN: 9781642510393 Publication date: Nov. 9, 2021 Now Available! |
![]() A Chicago family’s lives are disrupted when two young brothers and their friend discover the body of a local store owner in a ditch. The children are so used to seeing violence in their neighborhood that they don’t bother telling anyone. When their mother finds out, it sets in motion a plan to move the family to a safer neighborhood. Complications arise when their father loses his job and abandons them, leaving their mother to ensure the safety of the family on her own.
Shelonda Montgomery holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English with a Creative Writing Concentration from Roosevelt University and a Masters of Arts in English with a Creative Writing Concentration from Southern New Hampshire University. Her works are in the journals Sinister Wisdom, Akikiro, Prevention at the Intersections, The African-American Review, and the poetry anthology Urban Voices. She writes for MyUmbrella.co and resides in Chicago with her son James and Grandmother Emma.
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