A Day Late and a Dollar Short

by McMillan, Terry (Author)

• ISBN13: 9780451204943
• ISBN10: 0451204948
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Signet

Summary

"Undoubtedly, McMillan's finest novel to date...a delicious family saga...McMillan has an uncanny ability to render family conflict with both humor and compassion...a life-affirming read...a triumph." (The Los Angeles Times) "McMillan's best book yet. She has a true comic gift." (The Village Voice) "[A] slam dunk of a novel...this book is a gift." (New York Newsday) "Touching and funny." (People) "By the last pages you're weeping. You're laughing. You're hooked. It's oh-so-good." (Chicago Tribune) "Nobody does it better." (The Toronto Star)

Author Biography

Terry McMillan is the critically acclaimed, award-winning author of the novels Mama, Disappearing Acts, Waiting to Exhale, and How Stella Got Her Groove Back, and the editor of Breaking Ice: An Anthology of Contemporary African-American Fiction. She lives in northern California with her family.

Table of Contents

The Way I See It	p. 13
Cold Keys	p. 56
Clearing House Sweepstakes	p. 76
Track	p. 97
Nothing in Common Except Blood	p. 121
Behind My Back	p. 143
Every Shut Eye Ain't Closed	p. 169
Hives	p. 180
Hot Links	p. 197
Fish Dreams	p. 213
Ten Thousand Things	p. 238
Liquid Jesus	p. 262
Before I Pop	p. 274
Bingo	p. 290
Housecleaning	p. 306
Hand After Hand	p. 315
Throbbing	p. 325
Credit	p. 339
Cancer	p. 349
Puff on That	p. 370
Lucky Strikes	p. 380
Burnt Toast	p. 403
Refills	p. 420
Sinners	p. 438
A New Life	p. 451
Why Am I Wearing My Mama's Shoes?	p. 477
Sorry	p. 491
Dreaming in Black and White	p. 506
Two of Wands, or Hanged Man, Reversed	p. 517
One Entrance to Another	p. 532
Old Purses	p. 540
Sock-It-to-Me Cake	p. 560
What I'm Fighting For	p. 578
Loosening the Knots	p. 587
Help	p. 606
Thanksgiving	p. 624
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