Disappearing Acts McMillan, Terry

All I can say is this. I'm tired of women. (from the first line)

When Franklin, a young construction worker, meets Zora, a struggling singer from Ohio, neither is certain they can make the sacrifices and commitments needed to build love. Reprint. *Author: McMillan, Terry *Publication Date: 2004/01/01 *Number of Pages: 448 *Binding Type: Paperback *Language: English *Depth: 1.00 *Width: 5.25 *Height: 8.25

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When Franklin, a young construction worker, meets Zora, a struggling singer from Ohio, neither is certain they can make the sacrifices and commitments needed to build love. Reprint.When Franklin, a young construction worker, meets Zora, a struggling singer from Ohio, neither is certain they can make the sacrifices and commitments needed to build love. Reprint.

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A man and a woman, both commitment-shy, both with hard lives and much disappointment, come together in Brooklyn, and--despite themselves--fall in love.

Author Bio

Terry McMillan

McMillan is the eldest of five children from a working-class family in Michigan. Her father died of tuberculosis when she was 15. A part-time job in a library while she was in high school introduced her to the world of books, and to her African-American heritage. In 1979 she graduated from Berkeley (where she studied poetry with Ishmael Reed) with a B.S. in journalism, and later from Columbia with an M.A. in film. Her first (and highly autobiographical) novel, "Mama", was published in 1987; McMillan promoted it extensively herself. Her most successful novel, however, was her third, "Waiting to Exhale", in 1992. (It was filmed in 1995.) McMillan has been a teacher as well as a novelist, and a single mother raising a son. She is immensely popular in the black community as a voice and role model for African-American women.

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Voice Literary Supplement
"'Disappearing Acts', like Terry McMillan's first novel, 'Mama', is an energetic and earthy book that takes place wholly within the confines of an intense relationship." - Thulani Davis May 1990

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"Skillful writing and sensitive performing of this work leave the listener sad to hear the story end." August 1999

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Book Format:		Paperback
Minimum Age:		18
Number of Pages:		0448
Publisher:		New American Library

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