Brooklyn Author Publishes New Novel

"A Mother's Heart," a new book by Kalifa Obioma Zenzelle, has been released by RoseDog Books.

Ann and Junior Bradwaith have been married over thirty years and have finally earned the right to retire. They begin to travel, enjoy their grandchildren, and enjoy their time together. The struggles of marriage, work, raising children, and now helping to raise their grandchildren was, and is, not without trials and errors.

Ann learned that life's experiences as a woman, wife, and mother, are all tied together and that God must have made the heart somewhat bigger in women than in men.

Any woman can relate to characters in this book, because trouble has no particular color or race. A mother who knows how to face life's ups and downs, surely is an asset to her own children, as well as to others. Come along with the strong women in this novel, and see who best you identify with. A Mother's Heart is definitely a journey to take with Ann and her many friends.

About the Author
Kalifa Obioma Zenzelle was born in Henderson North Carolina, August 17th, 1943, to the late Emma Satterwhite and the late John Edward Jones. Says the author, "I grew up within a Christian family. There is a strong matriarchal system that has always existed in my family: strong women who stood for God, strong family values, and sacrificed much to see that education was a priority. I saw firsthand the struggles and sacrifices my mother, grandmothers, aunts and great-aunts suffered that we, the young, should have a better life."

She graduated high school, college, and Mortuary School, married, raised two beautiful gifts from God, Lisa and Keith, and now lives with her husband, Harry Lewis, enjoying their grandchildren, and each other. She was ordained an Elder in 2004, under the Presbytery of New York, and ordained a Chaplain from Fordham University in 2006. Presently she attends Union Theological Seminary in New York.

She received her African Name, Kalifa Obioma Zenzelle, in 2010.

"A Mother's Heart" is a 110-page paperback with a retail price of $14.00. The ISBN is 978-1-4349-7312-2. It was published by RoseDog Books of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, an imprint of Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc. For more information, or to request a review copy, please go to our virtual pressroom at www.dorrancepressroom.com or our online bookstore at www.rosedogbookstore.com.