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Sophfronia grew up in Lorain, Ohio (yes, Toni Morrison’s hometown!) along with her two older brothers and four younger sisters... for full details, click here.
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“Lorain, Ohio, is familiar territory to readers of Toni Morrison,
but Sophfronia Scott makes it her own. All I Need to Get By is a
stunning debut, a story of family and memory, and the stories we
tell about both in order to "get by." The novel is equal parts
profundity, humor, and grace, and its author promises to take a
place among the best writers of her generation.”
“Sophfronia Scott's debut novel is wonderful. What is more heartwarming--and heartwrenching--than the story of a family torn apart, then woven together? Bravo!”--Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Harvard University
--Soledad O’Brien, co-anchor
CNN’s “American Morning”
“…a writer worth watching.”
“Scott will most assuredly be recognized for her superb storytelling.”--People Magazine
“The journey to the end is mesmerizing and the prose is inviting. Ms. Scott has captured something unspoked in her first novel. Both heart warming and heart wrenching, ‘All I Need to Get By’ is on a different literary level.”--Booklist
"Sophfronia Scott's writing is assured and the emotions are palpable. She's a writer to watch."--Loose Leaves Book Review
“Sophfronia Scott has written a wonderfully warm and wise portrait of family relationships, responsibilities, and going home again that mark her as a writer of depth as well as talent.”--Benilde Little
author of Acting Out and Good Hair
“I can't tell you how much I enjoyed reading All I Need to Get By. It's a terrific book--beautifully written, really well-drawn characters, emotionally resonant. It's also filled with great integrity--not a false note in there. I'm really proud of you, as I'm sure all your family and friends are, and hope this is the first of many novels to come.”--Gail Buckley
author of The Hornes: an American Family and American
Patriots: the Black Military Experience from the Revolution to Desert Storm.
"Sophfronia Scott's words bubble over with love, anger, weakness, strength and the grace note of patience. Each chapter is a road map; each character is a tree, a landmark on a road that winds towards home, in all its shuttered complexity."--Susan Toepfer
former deputy managing editor, People Magazine
“Finally, a new voice has arrived that can deliver an intense story and at the same time craftily develop real characters that will stick in your head long after you’ve read the last page. Sophfronia Scott is an author you’ll want to read for a long time to come.”--Veronica Chambers
author of Mama's Girl and Having It All?
--Ian Smith
author of “The Blackbird Papers”
“Mrs. Scott has produced a novel that is unforgettable. The way
she interweaves the past to tell of the present, the tug upon the
reader’s emotions, the use of poignant language to get her point
across and the joy of bringing it all together, somehow reassures
the reader that behind every dark cloud there is a silver lining
and that what is broken can indeed be fixed. This has made All I
Need To Get BY one of the best I have ever read.”
--Tricia-Anne Blades
Romance In Color (click here for the full review)
“From the title, and the cover photo
of a stunning woman in a slinky dress, one might think that All
I Need to Get By is just another entry in the current wave of
chick-lit novels. But Lorain native Sophfronia Scott's debut is a
satisfying domestic story, rich with convincing narrative and
realistic dialogue.”
--Barbara McIntyre
The Beacon Journal (click here for the full review)
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