LUCY SINGS ON LUCY STREET - INTERVIEW WITH SALLY-ANN ROBERTS

LUCY SINGS ON LUCY STREET….. from Sally-Ann Roberts and Lawrence Roberts comes a heartwarming and moving tale based on their mother's childhood, about the uplifting power that music has with keeping hope alive in times of extreme strife, featuring an epilogue from Good Morning America’s Robin Roberts.

Life is filled with ups and downs. No matter what, keep a song in your heart. Keep singing. 

For Lucimarian “Lucy” Tolliver, life on Lucy Street was nothing but a joyful dream. She spent her days happily playing in the neighborhood with her best friend, Wanda, and her grandpa’s wise words and warm embrace were only a few blocks away. However, when financial misfortune strikes Lucy and her family during the Depression, she struggles to hold on to the optimism that’s always kept her spirit lifted. But can one night—and one song—remind her that the light can continue to shine even in the darkest of times?

From Sally-Ann Roberts and Lawrence Roberts comes a heartwarming and moving tale based on their mother's childhood, about the uplifting power that music has with keeping hope alive in times of extreme strife, featuring an epilogue from Good Morning America’s Robin Roberts.

Sally-Ann Roberts co-anchored with Eric Paulsen the popular Eyewitness Morning News on WWL-TV New Orleans and made the newscast one of the highest-rated morning newscasts in the country for more than twenty-five years. She was born in Chandler, Arizona, to Colonel Lawrence Roberts of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen and Lucimarian Roberts. She is the author of three books: Going Live: An Anchorwoman Reports Good News, the novel Angelvision, and the very inspirational Your Power Is On.

Lawrence E. "Butch" Roberts II was born in Akron, Ohio. He is a graduate of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, with a BA in English literature. After a career in finance, he taught high school English and coached boys basketball. 

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I spoke with Sally-Ann Roberts about the book and what joy it brought the family to honour their mother’s legacy.