Arrivals has arrived By Frank D. Quattrone Ticket Editor, Montgomery Newspapers Ready for another roller-coaster ride? Adrienne Bellamy, the dynamic author of Departures and Connecting, two novels that explore the often dysfunctional, often comical interactions among several African-American families in modern-day Philadelphia, is at it again. In Arrivals, Bellamy continues the saga of these familiar yet totally original characters as they progress, or regress, in their latest set of life-affirming trials. And that, after all, is where Bellamy excels. Not only do her women characters continue to express the strength, independence and resourcefulness that most humans (whatever the sex) would envy, but they also delight us with their ingenuity and totally engaging personalities.