Introducing Southern Bell (1)

“When  I  was  little,  the  books  I  read  were  mostly  about  fairy   tales,  but  I  was  living  in  a  nightmare.  We  all  have  a  story  and  I’m     inviting  you  to  learn  about  my  journey  through  the  eyes  of  Bell.”      
The  first  in  the  7  series  collection,  Introducing  Southern  Bell,  follows   7-­?year-­?old  Bell  on  a  typical  day  at  school  and  opens  with  Bell  sitting   on  a  window  ledge  watching  children  play  while  their  mothers  sit  by.     Bell  often  wondered  why  her  mother  never  played  with  her  or  her   brother  or  did  the  things  other  mothers  did.    Instead  her  brother   Deonte  did  everything  for  Bell  from  cooking,  washing  her  clothes,   combing  her  hair,  taking  her   to  school,  and  signing  school  notes,   since  their  mom  was  always  either  ‘sick’  or  just  not  around.  
 Fans  of  VH1’s  Love  &  Hip-­?Hop  Atlanta  may  immediately  make  the

connection  between  Bell  and  Erica.    While  Erica’s  Love  &  Hip-­?Hop   Atlanta  storyline  is  fairly  well-­?known,  her  journey  to  the  small  screen   is   actually   the   “real”   in   reality!   Born   from   humble   beginnings   in   Atlanta,  Georgia,  the  youngest  girl  of  nine  siblings,  Erica  like  Bell,   didn’t  have  a  stable  childhood.