Arlette Gaffrey

Arlette Gaffrey

About

For those of youwho would like to know something about me, I was born and raised in NewOrleans. I am a French and Spanish Creolé. My family settled in NewOrleans in 1834.

When I was eighteen,I began modeling and I loved it. It was shortly after World War II andit was time for beautiful clothes to come back. I was lucky to be ableto wear the best high fashions that were all the rage at the time. Imodeled until I was in my late fifties. I was also married to a careerNaval Officer who was a pilot. I have three children and sixgrandchildren.

I loved being a stay-at-home mom.I loved being with my children; to me it was always fun. I loved mylife as a Naval Officer's wife with all the moving and never knowingwhere we would live when we got there.

Other things I love,beside reading and writing, include old movies. And I do mean old--somedate back to when I was a child in the 1930s. I have 1,300 old moviesin VHS and DVD formats in my library. I love the music of the bigbands, Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey and so many others. I love spendingtime at the pool where I work on my tan and read.

And--I dearly love my hometown,New Orleans. There's an old saying, "You can take a native out of NewOrleans, but you can't take New Orleans out of a native."

The Seekers: The Children of Darkness (Dystopian Sci-Fi - Book 1)

The Seekers: The Children of Darkness (Dystopian Sci-Fi - Book 1)

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<p>New from the author of the multiple award-winning fantasy saga, <em>The Daughter of the Sea and the Sky</em>, winner of the <strong>Pinnacle Book Achievement Award, Fall 2014 - Best Book in the Category of FANTASY</strong>....</p><h1><strong><em>The Children of Darkness</em> by David Litwack</strong></h1><p>Evolved Publishing presents the first book in the new dystopian series <em>The Seekers</em>. [DRM-Free]</p><h2><strong>[Dystopian, Science Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic, Religion]</strong></h2><p><em>“But what are we without dreams?”</em></p><p>A thousand years ago the Darkness came—a terrible time of violence, fear, and social collapse when technology ran rampant. But the vicars of the Temple of Light brought peace, ushering in an era of blessed simplicity. For ten centuries they have kept the madness at bay with “temple magic,” and by eliminating forever the rush of progress that nearly caused the destruction of everything.</p><p>Childhood friends, Orah and Nathaniel, have always lived in the tiny village of Little Pond, longing for more from life but unwilling to challenge the rigid status quo. When their friend Thomas returns from the Temple after his “teaching”—the secret coming-of-age ritual that binds young men and women eternally to the Light—they barely recognize the broken and brooding young man the boy has become. Then when Orah is summoned as well, Nathaniel follows in a foolhardy attempt to save her.</p><p>In the prisons of Temple City, they discover a terrible secret that launches the three on a journey to find the forbidden keep, placing their lives in jeopardy, for a truth from the past awaits that threatens the foundation of the Temple. If they reveal that truth, they might once again release the potential of their people.</p><p>Yet they would also incur the Temple’s wrath as it is written: “If there comes among you a prophet saying, ‘Let us return to the darkness,’ you shall stone him, because he has sought to thrust you away from the Light.”</p><p><strong>Be sure to read the second book in this series, <em>The Stuff of Stars</em>, due to release November 30, 2015. And don't miss David's award-winning speculative saga, <em>The Daughter of the Sea and the Sky</em></strong></p>

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