by PearlCleage (Author)
Ava Johnson has had a decade of wild living in Atlanta and now she's returning to her home town of Idylwild in Michigan, her fabulous career plans in tatters. Ava is certain that Idylwild is the end of the road for her, but instead it turns out to be a new beginning. She falls for Eddie, a tough, but tai-chi-practising, Vietnam veteran; she rediscovers her relationship with her recently widowed sister Joyce; she supports the town's teenage mothers. But Ava also makes enemies. The Reverend and his formidable wife seem determined to drive her out of town. But what secrets are they hiding? Pearl Cleage's debut novel is a truly engaging, universal story, and her sparkling voice combines compassion, honesty and warm humour.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Orion
Published: 02 Aug 2001
ISBN 10: 0752841599
ISBN 13: 9780752841595
Book Overview: 18th Oprah pick for her on-air Bookclub. HarperCollins US have sold 750,000 copies to date. Number Two New York Times bestseller. Fantastic US reviews for Pearl Cleage: 'Cleage writes with amazing grace and killer instinct' New York Times 'Very funny and charming ...Following Cleage's twists and turns of the human spirit, readers may find themselves in a very inspired and uplifted plane well before the last page' Washington Post A work of intelligence and integrity' Publishers Weekly 'A deft and joyful touch' People Magazine 'A smart novel that will have readers laughing in recognition of the foibles of human nature as it lays bare ... assumptions about class, sexuality, AIDS and love in unexpected and thoroughly gratifying ways' Atlanta Journal
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