Strawberry Mansion: A Philadelphia Story

Three young friends must rely on their connection to each other to weather tragic storms.

Tabitha lost her freedom in high school when she hooked up with a boy who would impregnate her and make her his punching bag. Lisa is deemed “the strong one” by her friends, but her past of sexual abuse and pregnancy at the hands of her stepfather keeps her one second away from falling apart as the drama builds. Their younger friend, Shanice, is a hellion, ready and willing to let any boy have her just to get the affection she believes her mother has withheld. As their worlds spiral out of control, they cling fast to one another in the hope that love, friendship, and strength will keep them together and move them to a better place in their lives.

Julia Press Simmons is the CEO of QMB Publishing, Amerime Media LLC, Sticky Situations LLC, and the Editor-in-Chief of Amerime Wire Magazine and Intellectual Ink Magazine. She is the critically acclaimed author of more than twenty books. Julia writes dark fantasy, paranormal romance, science fiction, and comic books with her husband under the pen names Simmons Gibbs and Mwandishi. She is an award-winning spoken word artist and playwright. Her play “Down There” was selected by the Shades of Black Festival Emerging Playwright’s Series in Nashville, Tennessee. “Down There” also received a staged reading by the African American Playwriting Exchange in New York City. She lives in Pennsylvania with her family.