About your Book: Lucy Green Eyes is a story based on actual events in the life of Merlene McDaniel as told from her eyes growing up in the small town of Swansea South Carolina. It is a happy, sad, joyous and humorous cacophony of a little girl’s relationships with life, loved ones and herself. The story touches upon racism, abuse and the humanism of a young girl learning to deal with loneliness, rejection, admiration and feelings of illegitimacy. Although Merlene spends much of her early years … [Read more...] about Excerpt From Lucy Green Eyes by Paulette Benjamin
