What U Do 2 Get ‘Em, U Better Do 2 Keep ‘Em

About the Book

What You Do to Get ’Em, You Better Do to Keep ’Em is taken from a black woman’s perspective in relation to holding on to a good man or a loving relationship. It is a nonfictional account of an interracial couple’s marriage. Telling this real-life story was prompted by the most painful period in the White-Black marriage. However, it details some of the bumps and bruises, as well as the love and good times of their first five years together. During Zye’Riah’s years in the dating scene, she’d hear the advice of some older women say, “Honey, what you do to get ’em, you gotta do to keep ’em.” Yet in her house, “Love conquers all” were the words she chose to “do” so that she could keep ’em.

About the Author

Zye’Riah Storme Playwright, Author, Actress and Vocalist, Zye’Riah Storme is a native Wisconsinite. Her vocal experience began as a child in the church choir. Desiring to set fashion trends, she and her siblings formed a designer clothing business in 1986. For ten years Zye’Riah’s tasks were fashion designing, sewing, coordinating weddings and fashion shows, managerial, and modeling. A graduate of KD Studios, Actor’s Conservatory, she has portrayed an extra in a Bernie Mac film, the lead and supporting actress in plays and independent films in Dallas, Chicago and Milwaukee. Zye’Riah created an acting program for children in local after school programs in 2003. In 2006, she opened a theatre company where she writes and directs musicals and plays for youth.