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"In the tumultuous year of 2020, a time when the world faced unprecedented challenges of a global pandemic, first-time author Sunny Dandridge takes readers deep undercover Into the heart of a small, seemingly peaceful New Jersey town. Beyond closed doors and quiet streets, secrets and hidden tensions simmered, waiting to boil over. It all began after curfew on April 8th, 2020, when a series of drive-by shootings shook the neighborhood. Astonishingly, no lives were lost, and none of the residents were awakened. The next day, the news of the attempted murderer spread like wildfire. The local newspapers and Ring Door Cams warned of a silver Mercedes, possibly linked to the incident, and pleaded with residents to report any information about the shooter, 25-year-old black female Tabitha Duncan. As shocking truth unfolded, it was revealed that Sunny knew the shooter, as well as the victim and the intended target, intimately. She found herself quick to judge Tabitha and questioned her mental state. ""How could Tab be so reckless with her children and grandmother waiting at home?"" However, Sunny had her own dark history just six months prior. She was embroiled in an open case of trust-passing and ""simple"" assault, leading her to obtain a restraining order and gun license. As the harassment and threats continued, she prepared to purchase a weapon. Ready for the uninvited. The quarantine and its isolation forced Sunny to take a deeper look at herself and her past. She began to question her judgment of Tabitha, reflecting on the pain and hurt that must've driven the woman to desperate actions. Recognizing her own journey toward her breaking point. ""Quarantine Made Me Do It: Amidst the Pandemic"" is a gripping true story that peels back the layers of refined public appearances to reveal the chaos that lurks behind closed doors. Sunny journals the pivotal ones that altered her reality and led her to a profound self-discovery. It poses questions: What drives someone to their breaking point? And what does it look like from the inside? The reader is invited to delve into the mental degradation that isolation brought during the quarantine and to relive the head-scratching moments of our ""new normal"". From the backdrop of COVID-19 and the tragic events surrounding George Floyd to the tumultuous politics of Donald Trump and the race for a vaccine, from relationships and domestic violence to Mental Health awareness and police brutality, from the rise of the ""new"" white American terrorists and gun violence to the Black Lives Matter protests and the shocking events of the January 6th riots- 2020 left us indelible mark on our lives. Sunny's journey and her recollections will have you nodding in agreement, challenging your own perspectives, and ultimately looking to share, like, and subscribe to this story of transformation and self-discovery amidst the pandemic. The events of 2020 forever altered our lives, and Quarantine Made Me Do It is an unflinching reflection on those transformative times."

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"Sunny Dandridge was born in the Bronx, New York and raised in Queens, the same year as Hip Hop:1973. Born into poverty and she was raised to watch her back, carry carfare, and walk with rhythm for attitude and self-awareness. She is an innate ""people watcher. ""Sunny is a lifetime writer. Since childhood, she would write short stories and jot commercials down in her diary. While in junior high school she picked up a love for reading Stephen King and John Grisham novels. Her taste for poetry blossomed after she was introduced to Langston Hughes and Shel Silverstein. As a poet, she's performed on stages at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe in NYC and the Cry Out Cave in Newark, NJ.She pursued acting very young at the Black Spectrum Theatre in Queens. She auditioned and was accepted to ""FAME!"" LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts in NYC and graduated in 1991. (Alongside Marlons Wayans, Omar Epps and Mitchell Marchand; the well-known comedian, acclaimed actor and prominent writer have remained friends until this day.)After high school, she was exported to rural North Carolina. She let a shift in environment shift her immediate goal and enrolled in Carolina Beauty College, where she honed her third natural gift. She felt it was the death of any 18-year-old budding actress from New York City. Sunny realized she had to choose one of her God-given gifts. Writing and Acting were put on hold because she never felt enough, so hair and make-up became the ""thing to fall back on."" She demanded top-of-the-craft professional training at Vidal Sassoon on 5th Avenue and 58th Street and then colorist training at the world-renowned Bumble and Bumble on 53rd and 3rd. Sunny is quoted as saying, she is The Self-Proclaimed Hair Whisperer. Her childhood home was rotted by domestic violence and since it felt natural, she allowed it to continue into her adulthood. Now she is a resident of northern New Jersey and single-handedly reared her two sons, the Marine and the budding Fashion Designer. Ready to break the cycle for the next generation. Sunny sees a need for fresh education on the topic, an initiative to not to be afraid to speak up, and a demand to ""cause a fuss."" Sunny's life changing event has compelled her to pen this memoir. In honor of the many we have lost due to COVID-19, gun violence and ex-police murders in the years of 2020- 2023. Sunny is also in support of the Mental Health Narrative, Automatic Gun Control because Black Lives Matter and BLACK GIRLS ROCK! FB: Sunny Dandridge IG: Sunny Dandridge www.SunnyDandridge.com"

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