Name: Izola Bird

Category: Author

Location: South Bend, Indiana

Published work: The Sweet Grapes

Publication Date: 2006

About the Book: This is the world of the black upper class — an exclusive, mostly hidden group that lives awkwardly between white American and mainstream black America, Research by Lawrence Graham. Race is not a factor in this book. In this case, Laney is filthy rich, she flies out to Kansas City, MO, after finding out she has a great aunt. The Family is brought together after the death of a less affluent family matriarch, and forced to settle some long-standing family issue. Cousin Mae has an attitude the size of Texas and is not about to give up without a fight. Laney is stuck in the middle of her fiery temper. She finally meets a friend of the family and falls in love. She believes in a fairy tale romance, but soon wakes up to reality.

Submitted Profile: Izola Bird started out as freelance writer, and she has written over two hundred articles and short stories. She has interviewed four celebrities, Spike Lee, Alice Walker, Colin L. Powell and Robb Armstrong.

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