Priscilla

<p><strong>Political thriller fans will find this drama compelling. It follows a self-assured Black American protagonist as she navigates Ohio's male-dominated Senate during the early 1980s. </strong></p><p></p><ul><li><strong>A blend of insider knowledge historical context and a multidimensional heroine enriches the narrative.</strong></li></ul><p></p><ul><li><strong>Contemporary literature political thriller women's and autobiographical fiction all in one place. </strong></li></ul><p></p><ul><li><strong>Priscilla is the legislative aide to Ohio state Senator Daniel P. Callahan. She takes us behind the scenes</strong> in the Ohio Senate to reveal how the system operates. She has already witnessed much of this firsthand and now shares the secrets she uncovered <strong>offering insights only an insider could provide.</strong></li></ul><p></p><ul><li><strong>How does she manage to do all that? </strong>In the early 1980s no one paid much attention to a Black female staffer in a legislative body especially one so young. Priscilla was often mistaken for a low-level staff member like a page-someone who runs errands makes copies and delivers coffee. In fact <strong>people like Priscilla were considered invisible.</strong> Even though she is a real person no one notices her much like the invisible man in Ralph Ellison's novel. <strong>However the more engaged Priscilla is in the game the more visible she becomes</strong>.</li></ul><p></p><ul><li><strong>Priscilla is on a mission that has little to do with her role in the Ohio Senate which is simply a means to an end</strong>.</li></ul><p></p><ul><li><strong>The opening scene features Priscilla as a junior college professor teaching political science majors</strong> who are nearly her age twenty-five with some even older. <strong>In the scenes that follow</strong> including her father's mysterious request her arrival at the Ohio Senate and the chapters on her rite of passage a defection in the ranks and the Delgato offer <strong>no one can predict what will happen not even at the end</strong>.</li></ul><p></p><ul><li>Throughout <strong>Priscilla reflects </strong>on her early life<strong> </strong>especially her aggressive and defiant phase.<strong> Yet her love for her upbringing in western New York's Snowbelt is undeniable </strong>as <strong>she proudly highlights the region's scenic snow-covered landscapes </strong>the <strong>Christmas season</strong> the<strong> contributions of Catherine Harris (a pioneer conductor of the Underground Railroad) </strong>the <strong>birthplace of television legend Lucille Ball </strong>and <strong>the world-famous Chautauqua Institute. </strong>However not all of her life has been easy.</li></ul><p></p><ul><li><strong>Black middle-class family life</strong> is similar to that of any other family. But readers might especially appreciate learning <strong>how and why a Black Methodist minister raises his daughter as if she were a son</strong>.</li></ul><p></p><ul><li><strong>Adult readers of all ages will find this story easy to read immersive thought-provoking and insightful especially in its exploration of ambition faith identity power resilience and real-world systems. </strong></li></ul><p></p>