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One World/Ballantine
March 2006
On Sale: February 28, 2006
336 pages ISBN: 0345456106 EAN: 9780345456106 Paperback
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Fiction | Multicultural African-American
Catherine Sanderson seems to have it all: a fulfilling
career helping immigrant women find jobs, a lovely home, and
a beautiful, intelligent daughter on her way to Smith
College. What Catherine doesn’t have: a father for her
child– and she’s spent many years dodging her daughter’s
questions about it. Now Phoebe is old enough to start poking
around on her own. It doesn’t help matters that the mystery
man, B.J. Johnson–the only man Catherine has ever
loved–doesn’t even know about Phoebe. He’s been living in
Africa.
Now B.J., a renowned newspaper correspondent,
is back in town and needs Catherine’s help cracking a story
about a female slavery ring operating right on the streets
of Atlanta. Catherine is eager to help B.J., despite her
heart’s uncertainty over meeting him again after so long,
and confessing the truth to him–and their daughter.
Meanwhile, Catherine’s hands are more than full
since she’s taken on a new client. Atlanta’s legendary Miss
Mandeville–a housekeeper turned tycoon–is eager to have
Catherine staff her housekeeping business. But why are the
steely Miss Mandeville and her all-too-slick sidekick Sam so
interested in Catherine’s connection to B.J.? What
transpires is an explosive story that takes her world–not to
mention the entire city of Atlanta–by storm.
From the
New York Times bestselling author of What Looks
Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day . . . comes another
fast-paced and emotionally resonant novel, by turns warm and
funny, serious and raw. Pearl Cleage’s ability to create a
gripping story centered on strong, spirited black women and
the important issues they face remains unrivaled.
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