Love in a Carry-On Bag

by Sadeqa Johnson

Overview

Can a long distance love affair really survive?


Erica Shaw spends her week babysitting the country's bestselling authors for one of the top publishing companies in New York City. But on Friday nights she escapes to D.C., where her sexy-lipped musician boyfriend, Warren Prince, works and performs. Their connection is fierce, and the couple promises to never miss a weekend together. But when real life walks in--an overbearing father, an alcoholic mother, office politics, and a lucrative job contract--the couple starts unraveling at the seam. Tempers flare, violence breaks, while new lovers eagerly wait in the wings--to claim both of them.

Drenched in the perils of passion and the sweet-sounds of jazz, Johnson dives deep into the world of ambition and the stumbling blocks of family. Clever, fast-paced and sexy, Love in a Carry-On Bag is a modern day love story that marks the healing power of forgiveness and begs the question, how much baggage is really too heavy to carry.

2012 USA Best Book Award for African-American Fiction
2013 Phillis Wheatley Award for Best Fiction
2013 OOSA Best Book Award for Fiction
Black Expressions Book Club Alternate selection for May 2012

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013925700
Publisher:	12th Street Press
Publication date:	03/06/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	336
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Sadeqa Johnson, a former public relations manager, spent several years working with well-known authors such as JK Rowling, Bebe Moore Campbell, Amy Tan and Bishop TD Jakes before becoming an author herself. Her debut novel, Love in a Carry-on Bag, is the recipient of the 2013 Phillis Wheatley award for Best Fiction. She is the author of Second House From the Corner and And Then There Was Me which were both hailed by Essence magazine. She has received the Black Pearl Magazine Author of the Year award for 2017.

Johnson teaches a writing workshop called Pens Up, Fears Down! in Richmond, VA. She is a motivational speaker, half marathon runner, sometimes yogi, wife and mother of three wonderful children.

Editorial Reviews

Love in a Carry On Bag is fantastic. Sadeqa tells the story of these long distance lovers and the trials they face in their relationship effortlessly. The story is well paced, has a solid plot and very fleshed out characters. Sadeqa also weaves in blues and jazz throughout the novel that adds to the richness... Love In A Carry-On Bag is sure to be a classic amongst contemporary romance/fiction lovers. I am truly looking forward to reading more from Sadeqa in the future. 5 Stars.

blackurbanliterature.com - Vonda Howard

Love in a Carry-On Bag is an engaging read because it's real, and incredibly easy to relate to. Although this novel falls into the contemporary/urban romance genre, there are no goofy sub-plots or melodrama that appear outlandishly fiction, and this is why I think the book is charming and sweet. Any reader who has experience with relationships, regardless of whether they have been long-distance or not, will understand and relate to the problems Erica and Warren each face...

goodreads.com - Sarah Ann

"Love in a Carry-On Bag," is a soulful, gritty, sexy and realistic tale of what happens to love when 'life happens.' Main characters, Erica Shaw and Warren Prince, are dynamic, passionate and flawed individually -- together their cataclysmic union, highlighted by weekend interludes, gets complicated when professional commitments, family drama and distance threaten to breach their bond.

westorange.patch.com - Chrishan Wright