Enjoying an unusually close relationship with her daughter, Phoebe, Catherine Sanderson has kept only one secret--the identity of Phoebe's father--until Phoebe embarks on her own search for her paternity, bringing her real father, B. J., an investigative reporter working on a story involving Catherine's newest client, back into their lives. 50,000 first printing.
Pearl Cleage Livres
7 décembre 1948
Pearl Cleage est une auteure dont les œuvres, qu'elles soient de fiction ou de non-fiction, explorent souvent les intersections du féminisme et du racisme, en particulier dans le contexte de la vie des femmes afro-américaines. Son écriture s'inspire fortement d'expériences personnelles et de récits communautaires, abordant des thèmes tels que la violence domestique et le viol au sein de la communauté noire avec une perspective résolument féministe. Cleage explore les questions d'identité, de communauté et de justice sociale à travers sa prose puissante et captivante. Sa voix d'auteure est reconnue pour sa franchise et sa capacité à toucher au cœur de problèmes sociaux complexes.
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.