Little Satchmo: Living In the Shadow Of My Father, Louis Daniel Armstrong - Tapa blanda

To the world, Louis Armstrong is iconic—a symbol of musical genius, unparalleled success and unassailable character. To Sharon Preston Folta, he was, simply, Dad. Despite the enduring celebration and study of Armstrong’s life and career, no one, save for close family and friends, knows Sharon exists. Even in the trumpeter’s death she remains Armstrong’s secret—the product of a two-decade-long affair between the long-married musician, and the vaudeville dancer Lucille Preston. And for more than half a century, she has lived her life hiding in the shadows of her father’s fame. Until now. Now, Sharon shares her story—extraordinary because of who her father was, but universal in its reach toward generations who have grown up in fatherless households, searching for a keen understanding of their own blood, their own DNA, their own Legacy. Little Satchmo is an extraordinary tale of identity, loss, and one daughter’s ultimate search for truth—and her father’s love.

Sharon Preston-Folta has spent a twenty-plus-year career in advertising sales and marketing, predominantly as an account executive in radio, working with such companies as Fairchild Publications and WLNY TV in Long Island, and ABC/Disney and CBS Radio in New York City. She is currently Marketing Media Planner and Personal Chef. In addition to her BA from Iona College in New Rochelle, NY, Sharon’s love of cooking led her to attend the Institute of Culinary Education nights and weekends, where she earned two professional degrees, Culinary in 1999 and Culinary Management in 2005. She currently resides in Sarasota, Florida with her husband, Howard, a musician. Her mother, Lucille Preston, also lives in Sarasota. Denene Millner is an American author and journalist. She has written 18 books of fiction and non-fiction, including co-authoring two #1 New York Times bestsellers, Straight Talk, No Chaser and Act Like a Lady, Think Like A Man,[1] both with comedian Steve Harvey. Act Like a Lady was in the top ten on the New York Times hardcover advice list for 43 weeks in 2009; Straight Talk was in the top ten for more than 12 weeks in 2011. In March 2011, Millner was chosen by Black Voices website as one of 40 Influential Black Female Writers.[2] Millner's other books include the young adult novel Miss You, Mina, written for Scholastic; the novel The Vow written with Angela Burt-Murray and Mitzi Miller; and the three-book teen series Hotlanta written with Mitzi Miller. She has written three novels and three books of non-fiction with her husband Nick Chiles, including Love Don't Live Here Anymore and What Brothers Think, What Sistahs Know, both Essence bestsellers. In 2007, Millner wrote the novelization of the screenplay for Dreamgirls.