An emerging opera singer faces her past in a new novel by Dallas author Rosalyn Story | app
DALLAS – Rosalyn Story is a Renaissance woman. In addition to performing with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra for over 30 years, she has worked as a freelance journalist and written several books.
Her latest novel, “Sing Her Name,” largely centers on Eden Malveaux, a 30-something from New Orleans who struggles to support herself and her brother in New York after being displaced by the hurricane. Katrina.
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