Words We Cannot Say
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Labor and delivery nurse, Penelope, is an expert at her job, but a complete mess when it comes to her personal life. Despite avoiding relationships in the past, now all she wants is for her boyfriend to leave his wife. But soon after he dumps her in favor of his marriage, Penelope discovers sheâs pregnant. Suddenly, she doesnât feel like such an expert anymore.
Jesenia, a first-generation American, made her mark as a model, then quit the business in favor of a nine-to-five and wedded bliss. After three years of fertility treatments and pressure from her family, trying to become a mother is her full-time job. But when her past mistakes threaten her chances, Nia will have to confront her youthful choices and over-involved familyâs opinions on bloodlines if she wants to become a mother.
If choosing a homebirth and nursing a toddler donât make Lotus unconventional, then growing up in a commune and choosing a polyamorous marriage certainly do. After her grandfatherâs unexpected death and the inheritance of his Victorian home, Lotus just wants to run her business, take care of her family, and live peacefully in her version of normal. That peace is threatened by her husbandâs former lover, the end of his sobriety, and a new love interestâall of which will turn her world upside down.
What happens when women tell the truth about themselves, their desires, and the sacrifices theyâre willingâor unwillingâto make?
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Sita Romero spent fifteen years in womenâs health, teaching childbirth classes and attending hundreds of births before finding her way to writing full time. Now, Sita teaches academic writing at a local community college, where she serves as the faculty advisor for the student creative arts journal. She is a graduate of Queens University of Charlotteâs MFA program and a member of Womenâs Fiction Writers Association and Science Fiction Writers of America. Her writing has been published both online and in print literary journals and anthologies.
Kyla Garcia is a film, stage, and television actress based in Los Angeles, California. She has earned an Audie Award nomination and seven AudioFile Earphones Awards for her work as an audiobook narrator. Her favorite storytelling moments include being a company member of Native Voices at the Autry, starring in the World Premiere of Sovereignty at Arena Stage, and creating the critically acclaimed one-woman show The Mermaid Who Learned How to Fly. Kyla's most recent project is the original feminist spoken-word digital series Herstory 101 featured in BUST Magazine.
