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Description edit
The "intelligent and erotic" debut novel ( Washington Post ) by the author of the new hardcover, Black Girl in Paris "Hauntingly beautiful...vibrantly alive...calls to mind Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings ."- Boston Herald
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Quotes edit
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“I want to make words so delicious that people will want to eat them.”
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“She marks out the four directions on the map of my heart and I remember that if you feel lost you follow the one you love and go where your love takes you.”
First Sentence edit
The first evening Mama doesn't come back.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Shay Youngblood (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1997
ISBN: 1573220639
Page Count: 210
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1997
ISBN: 1573220639
Page Count: 210
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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