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Yolanda Joe

Autore di The Hatwearer's Lesson

9+ opere 270 membri 2 recensioni

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Yolanda Joe teaches writing at the City Colleges of Chicago.

Comprende i nomi: JOE Yolanda, Ardella Garland

Serie

Opere di Yolanda Joe

The Hatwearer's Lesson (2003) 53 copie
He Say, She Say (1996) 44 copie
Bebe's By Golly Wow (1998) 39 copie
This Just In (2000) 31 copie
My Fine Lady (2004) 30 copie
Details at Ten (2000) 26 copie
Hit Time: A Mystery (2002) 24 copie
Falling Leaves of Ivy (1992) 8 copie

Opere correlate

Gumbo: A Celebration of African American Writing (2002) — Collaboratore — 125 copie

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Bebe (Beatrice Mae Thomas) is a single woman in her 40s looking for love. Isaac Sizemore is divorced firefighter father also looking for love. Only problem is Dashay Sizemore, Isaac's thirteen year old sass of a daughter. This teenager has abandonment issues and expresses she not ready for mom to be replaced (despite the fact mom deserted the family) through rap songs. An interesting love triangle is in the works. This could get messy. Only, it doesn't. Not really. This could be a story you see on the Hallmark Channel; something Lifetime for Women. It's ending is predictable and sweet and the drama (violence, racism, addiction) along the way is quickly extinguished. Written in short, choppy sentences, this is a quick yet delightful read.

My only criticism? The inclusion of Sandra Mae Atkins, Bebe's best friend, as a voice. Sandy's side of the story seemed to pad the book for length. She didn't have much to do with the relationship between Bebe and Isaac. For balance, Joe could have included L.A.'s gambling addiction from his point out view. That way, both friends of the couple shared their supporting stories.
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Segnalato
SeriousGrace | Mar 6, 2015 |
DETAILS AT 10
Inner-city Chicago: After identifying a drive-by shooter's car on live TV, a young girl named Little Butter disappears. Haunted by her responsibility for the child's fate and heartbroken at seeing her former South Side neighborhood devastated by crime, reporter Georgia Barnett desperately searches for the girl. Butting heads with tough detective Doug Eckart at every turn, Georgia enters dangerous territory where street violence escalates and informers turn up dead. Suddenly, this simple missing-persons case turns into a citywide effort to nab a notorious gang, and Georgia, Doug, and the Channel Eight News crew find themselves struggling to do what's right in a city overcome by racism, fear, and hostility.… (altro)
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cdiemert | Jul 30, 2017 |

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Statistiche

Opere
9
Opere correlate
1
Utenti
270
Popolarità
#85,638
Voto
½ 3.4
Recensioni
2
ISBN
51

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