A Day Late and a Dollar Short
by McMillan, Terry (Author)Edition: Revised
Format: Trade Book
Pub. Date: 2002-01-01
Publisher(s): Signet
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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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