Award-winning writer Monice Mitchell Simms’ novel, “Address: House of Corrections,” seamlessly shifts through time and locale to follow the empowering, entertaining journey of Merry, a stubborn 32-year-old ex-con and recovering addict, who moves to 1947 Detroit as a spunky twleve year old with her estranged mother and comes full circle as Merry fights to stay sane, stay straight and make peace with her children and her torrid past.

Gritty, yet hopeful, Monice ingeniously births refreshing characters in this, her first book in a trilogy series, and elevates what could have easily been a stereotypical hard luck tale into a literary triumph.

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of its first publishing, Monice is reissuing it as three novellas.

“embers” is the final novella in the series.