THE BLUES FOR ANNIE MAE,(Wasteland Press, ISBN:978-1-60047-105-6,$13.95) by D.J. Parhams.



Music was the wallpaper of D.J.Parhams life so it seems only natural that she would pen a novel about a blues singer. The Blues For Annie Mae takes reader’s back into the 1980’s and into the life a young girl with a mentally-ill mother that lives through her daughter. Annie Mae suffers through many traumatic events, an eye witness to her mother’s evil against her father, and all the drama that comes along with life in the music industry.


After a hard life on the south-side streets of Chicago, 28 year old Annie Mae, a Blues singer returns home. For the first time in 10 years to face her troubled past, a past that is permeated with violence, bloodshed, drugs and deceit. Can she finally gain the acceptance of her overbearing, manipulative and mentally-ill mother? Can Annie Mae come to terms with her own life altering secret, a secret that is sure to shatter her life and the lives of those around her?


Reader Reviews
This story is so riveting, beautiful and so close to my heart, a powerful story of a young woman overcoming adversities in her life…splendid…brilliant…sometimes raw…an entertaining page turner.


—Ina Jackson, The Black OpalBook Club


D.J. Parhams is a brilliant writer with the knack that drew me into her characters. I felt as if I was sitting at a table with the young woman listening to her story.


—Flava Book Reviews


About The Author

D.J. is a Chicago south-sider, who also happens to be a Blues aficionado. She attended Northern Ill. Univ. back in the day, but was soon nipped by the acting bug. She left college and enrolled in the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City where she pursued an acting career. She soon became weary and came back to Chi-town and worked in the medical field for a great many years. D.J. is married and has an adult son. Please visit her website: www.thebluesforanniemae.com


D.J. is available for features, interviews and book club chats. Please don‘t hesitate to contact me for further information.


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