Richard E BonostroScented: The Status Quo represents my passion for literature and science fiction. It is my hope that it garners provoking thoughts about our current social climate as well as being entertaining. A close friend asked me why I was compelled to author tis novel. I told him I did it for my fifteen years old daughter. She is growing up with a single father and limited options in terms of who she can call a role model. Fortnite is not going to teach her who she is and where her place is growing up as a black woman in America. And how many of us really listened to our parents at that age? This is her guide, that beacon of hope, sitting quietly on the hill, waiting for her to mature into understanding its content. Read More Read Less