Marylee MacDonald - One Friday Night In Baltimore

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Selected Works

MEMOIR

Surrender

A boy. A girl. A baby. How will she tell their story to the son she gave away?

FICTION

Body Language

Do we flee from danger or seek it? How far will we go to experience the solace of human touch?

Bonds of Love and Blood

Prize-winning short stories for armchair travelers and readers willing to explore the intricacies of the human heart. For more about the book, click the title.

The Rug Bazaar

The Rug Bazaar features two unconventional love stories. Winner of the Jeanne M. Leiby Memorial Chapbook Contest.

Montpelier Tomorrow

A novel about a mid-life mom who would do anything to protect her children from harm. Winner of a Gold Medal for Drama from Readers' Favorites International Book Awards.

NONFICTION

The Big Book of Small Presses and Independent Publishers

This nonfiction book lists 350 non-fee-charging publishers who accept unagented manuscripts.

CREATIVE NONFICTION

The Price We Paid

The true story of a fifteen-old girl's journey to motherhood.

ESSAY

The Ugly Duckling, Chinese Babies, and Me

My short personal essay about identity, writing, and adoption appears in the anthology ROLL, edited by Coco Harris.

Notes for a New Millennium

What does the world think about America in the aftermath of 9/11, and what do we think of ourselves in relation to Afghanistan?

One Friday Night In Baltimore

The story is free if you're on Kindle Unlimited.

The Baltimore police arrest Terrell for a crime he didn't commit, and the African-American college graduate spends the weekend in jail, only to learn that his friends don't really get why he's bummed.