Happy Release Day for BGMDE by Jayne Allen

Here's my review of BGMDE's first publication by Quality Black Books near the end of 2018.

http://blerdybingereader.blogspot.com/2018/11/snapshots-of-lives-real-and-imagined.html

Today's release is in hardcover from Harper.

https://www.amazon.com/Black-Girls-Must-Die-Exhausted/dp/0063142996/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1632797801&sr=1-1

The third annual The Write Women Book Fest is pleased to have received BGMDE swag that has been included in the 50 swag bags to be given away on a first come, first served basis at TWWBF2021 on Saturday, October 9th from 12 noon to 5 p.m. at Marietta House Museum, 5626 Bell Station Road, Glenn Dale, Maryland 20769.

Scroll to the bottom of the TWWBF2021 Shop page for more information about Jayne Allen.

https://www.thewritewomenbookfest.org/2021-shop.html

If you're in Prince George's County, Maryland with a busted book buying budget, borrow it from pgcmls.info, then write an honest review for your favorite review site, which helps spread the good word about worthwhile reads.

Happy reading!

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