Myrtle's Closet

"Myrtle's Closet" is a coming to age stories taking place during the 1850's. A black book is discovered after the funeral of Myrtle Polk, documenting her life as a slave. The book will take you on an emotional journey of family, religion, grief, love, and friendship.

Kareem Wade is the co-author of "Myrtle's Closet." Kareem had a vision of writing a book about a lesbian slave back in 1995. He became curious about this topic at Butte College in his eastern religion course. The thought just came to him as the class was discussing women and religion. Kareem obtained his master's degrees from Grand Canyon University in Addiction Counseling and Southern Oregon University in master's in management.Mandy Wade is the co-author of Myrtle's Closet. Mandy played the most significant role in research and development of the characters. Mandy writing skills was imbedded in her by her late father who was an English teacher. Mandy enjoys writing poetry and for the past few years got into book writing. Writing gives her an outlet for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS). Education through Southern Oregon University.