University Book Store Presents Denny S. Bryce in conversation with Natalie Jenner

Get your copy of "In the Face of the Sun" (Kensington Publishing): bit.ly/3ivGPg1
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About the book: "In the Face of the Sun" is told through a dual storyline set in 1968 and 1928, two periods of enormous change and turmoil in America, through the character of Daisy Washington. In 1928, Daisy is a dissatisfied chambermaid working at the Somerville Hotel, and in 1968 she’s the audacious Aunt Daisy accompanying her troubled niece on a road trip on Route 66 from Chicago back to LA. The two women embark on this journey from Illinois to California during the height of the Civil Rights movement - a cleaver framework through which the novel highlights the vast differences in Black experience across America. As diversity and inclusion conversations dominate the modern entertainment industry, Bryce’s novel peels back the curtain on life for Black Americans in the early days of the film industry, where everyone from actors to activists found themselves inhabiting the world of celebrity-and observed by those on the sidelines.
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Denny S. Bryce is the award-winning author of historical fiction novels including "Wild Women and the Blues" and "In the Face of the Sun". A former professional dancer and public relations professional, she now is an adjunct professor in the MFA program at Drexel University, a book critic for NPR, and a freelance writer whose work has been published in USA Today, Harper’s Bazaar, and FROLIC Media. She is a member of the Historical Novel Society, Women’s Fiction Writers Association, and Tall Poppy Writers. Originally from Chicago, she now resides in Savannah, Georgia and can be found online at DennySBryce.com.
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Born in England and raised in Canada, Natalie Jenner has been a corporate lawyer, a career coach and, most recently, an independent bookstore owner in Oakville, Ontario, where she lives with her family and two rescue dogs. Natalie is the author of two books, the instant international bestseller "The Jane Austen Society" and the forthcoming "Bloomsbury Girls", set to release May 17, 2022.