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What happens when one knock at your door sends your entire world into chaos? When a stranger becomes a lifeline? When the reality you’ve meticulously curated seems to be a mirage?

From the outside looking in, one might say that Dionne Daphne had it being the beauty editor at a prestigious New York magazine, a boyfriend who could have been plucked out of its model pages, the social life of the upper echelon, and a girlhood steeped in debutant balls.

But that is from the outside. When the now ex-boyfriend arrives at her Brooklyn doorstep Dionne imagines reconciliation, going back to the good life brimming with the possibility of marriage; the life her mother always wanted for her. Instead, he delivers life-threatening news that creates a crack in her picture-perfect world. A crack that grows legs and runs her right into her past, unearthing a secret that she has hidden since childhood.

In an effort to run toward the truth and away from a lie, Dionne sets out on a spur-of-the-moment road trip with an unlikely stranger to confront the long-buried darkness of her past and the family who made it so. As Dionne comes to a final reckoning, she begins to unravel new layers of herself and fresh possibilities for her life, her family, and even her love.

The Revelation of Dionne Daphne is at once a deeply moving and provocatively gripping novel that shows when you dig deep enough into the shadows of your life, light can be revealed. It’s a novel of broken lovers, a fractured family, and distant friendships all making their way back to one another.","format",{"_19":97,"_79":98,"_99":100,"_101":43},"publisher","Storehouse Voices","page_count",288,"duration","published_date","pub_date","June 30","isbn","9780593597774","asin","059359777X","hex_code","language","English","purchase_links",[],"cover","https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/4263i/ff78af9d-25aa-43ff-a096-dc5d4b30d1db.jpg","thumb","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F4263i%2Fff78af9d-25aa-43ff-a096-dc5d4b30d1db.jpg","rating_distribution",{"_90":91,"_92":93},"tags",[77],{"_19":78,"_79":80,"_81":82,"_48":-5,"_46":83,"_84":85,"_86":87,"_88":43,"_89":25},71,"name","Contemporary","category","setting","contemporary","url","/settings/contemporary","selectable",true,"sensitive","position","ratings",{},"recommend",{"_94":25,"_95":25,"_96":25},"yes","no","maybe",2,"Hardcover","type","print","audio",{"_19":103,"_79":104,"_46":105,"_106":-5,"_107":-5,"_108":27,"_109":110,"_111":87},"a3d0254b-0bcc-4357-9add-267a2ffdc09f","Mara Brock Akil","343-mara-brock-akil","biography","image","books_count","roles",[112],"in_catalog","author","isLoggedIn",["P",114],"result","seo",{"_13":124,"_125":126,"_48":127,"_128":129,"_84":130,"_131":132,"_133":134},"user","themePreference","light","storedTheme","gaId","G-Z1HVZ17GZ3","Blackauthored","titleTemplate","%s","Find your next Black authored read and connect with readers with the similar taste.","handle","@blackauthored","https://blackauthored.com","robots",{"_148":43,"_149":43},"jsonLd",{"_135":136,"_137":138,"_79":124,"_139":140,"_141":142,"_84":130},"@context","https://schema.org","@type","Organization","logo","https://cdn.blackauthored.com/images/og-image.png","sameAs",[143,144,145,146,147],"https://twitter.com/blackauthored","https://facebook.com/blackauthored","https://instagram.com/blackauthored","https://youtube.com/blackauthored","https://tiktok.com/@blackauthored","noIndex","noFollow"]