Sonya Tupone Lloyd's Blog

Book Signing

Saturday, June 6, 2009

3-5 p.m.

Constellation Books

303 Main Street

Reisterstown, MD 21136

(410) 833-5151


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Call Me Sonya Grey
A Young Girl's Poems about Death, Life & Adolescence
Book Report
by Janet Lloyd

Martha
Elliott is the one who usually brings you a book report from the
Stephen Ministers, but I have asked her if I may do the report this
month, and she has graciously allowed me to do so! I have a special
reason for wanting to write about this author as she is my
daughter-in-law!


Call Me Sonya Grey is a personal collection of poetic verse that
is inspiring and challenging. With the loss of her mot

Seen & Heard
Featuring new books, music, films, and art exhibits of Marywood Alumni

Call Me Sonya Grey, Sonya Tupone Lloyd ’01
(2006,Tribute Books; 1st edition)
Beginning
with the loss of her mother at age nine, Sonya began collecting her
thoughts in a diary from early childhood through her twenties. In Call Me Sonya Grey,
she describes the daily battles of self-image and self-expression that
she experienced while growing up, after the passing of one parent and
the estrangement of another. The verse

Indie Belle
by Alicia Grega-Pikul
Call
Me Sonya Grey, A Young Girl's Poems About Death, Life &
Adolescence is a memoir in verse, which chronicles its author's search
for self, a quest triggered by the death of her mother. Accepted into
her grandparents' Stroudsburg home, Sonya Tupone Lloyd studied history
at Marywood University before earning her master's in museum studies
from George Washington University. She'll be back in NEPA on Saturday
at 2 p.m. to sign copies of her new Tribute Books publ

Former Stroudsburg resident publishes personal memoir

Sonya Tupone Lloyd, former Stroudsburg resident, has recently published her first book, "Call Me Sonya Grey" with Tribute Books.

"Call
Me Sonya Grey" is a personal memoir of a young woman recovering from
the death of her mother and estrangement from her father. Confronting a
new family, future and name, Tupone chronicles her daily battles of
grieving, self-expression and self-image.

The 40 poems Tupone
recorded from age 9 into her 20s are reflec

Getting To Know Your SSR Department

Sonya “Tupone” Lloyd has been an employee at Dynasplint Systems since June 2004. This past year, Sonya married Douglas Lloyd on a seven day cruise in the Caribbean on Dec 24, 2006.

She loves to write and has published a book of 40 poems entitled Call Me Sonya Grey, Besides taking care of her two beloved animals, Bailey her Australian cattle dog and Odie her 17 pound cat, she enjoys walking on the treadmill, traveling, shopping, talking on the phone and visiting

Book Signing with Sonya Tupone Lloyd
author of Call Me Sonya Grey

Baltimore Book Festival
Friday, September 28, 2007
5-9 pm
Mount Vernon Place
600 block of North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
410-752-8632

 baltimorebookfestival.com

I will be at the Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania Fleamarket on June 24, 2007 signing and selling my book "Call Me Sonya Grey" from 7am to 3pm that day!
I will also be selling Barbie dolls, Beanie Babies, cat scratching posts, a mattress pad, iron, doggie crate, coffee mugs, Dept 56 houses, paperback books, and anything else I have in my house. Please call 570-992-8044 for directions to the Saylorsburg, PA Fleamarket!
Hope to see all of you there!!!!!!!!!!
OK. Got a lot of great responses for the book. Pe

I had a great time at my Young Adult Poetry Workshop last Saturday at the Tudor Bookshop in Kingston, PA.

Thanks to owner, Lynn Gonchar for the publicity from the flyers throughout the store to the mention in your newsletter.  It was nice to meet you!

Thanks to Ellen, a teacher at the Scranton State School for the Deaf for participating!

And especially to my family and friends who attended - Grandma, Shannah, Uncle Chuck, Aunt Judy, Jenna, Hailey, Nickey and Christine.  I appreciate your continuing