false 64254 3 1 1059512 034549492X 9780345494924 19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180632912m/1059512.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180632912s/1059512.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1059512.P_G_County 3.78 114 Barbara is the most influential woman in this swanky neighborhood, but she's got her hands full, one hand is busy dealing with her husband's wandering eye, while the other always needs a cocktail glass.
Jolene is half of P.G. County's number-two couple- and she desperately wants what she doesn't have: namely Barbara's husband.
Pearl owns a hair salon and lives on the outskirts of the posh community with her son, Kenyatta. She's not only juggling a growing business and a bad divorce, but now she's has to cope with Kenyatta's less-than-ideal girlfriend.
Candice is white and liberal, but her daughter's new beau tests her beliefs- and opens a can of worms she never knew existed.
Lee is a runaway teen, a girl whose only connection to her father is an old photo and the belief that he's well-off and waiting for her in... ]]> 64254 3.76 564 70 2002 1059514 0345409698 9780345409690 11 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180632914m/1059514.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180632914s/1059514.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1059514.Sisters_Lovers 3.69 114 Beverly is twenty-nine and single. She's a successful magazine editor who would love to be in love. The problem is, no man can meet her high standards.
Charmaine longs to finish her degree, but meanwhile, she has to juggle a thankless job, a beautiful child, and an irresponsible husband she doesn't quite have the nerve to leave.
Evelyn seems to have it made. She has a successful psychology practice and her husband is a partner in a prestigious law firm. But there's trouble in paradise, and Evelyn refuses to face the facts.]]> 64254 3.76 564 70 1994 1181582 0060172770 9780060172770 5 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181694606m/1181582.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181694606s/1181582.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1181582.Big_Girls_Don_t_Cry 3.95 98 All of that changes when Joshua, Naomi's older brother, is killed in an accident on his way to a civil rights demonstration in Chicago. Racism becomes a personal issue, and Naomi decides that she needs to help bring about changes in the system. At college in Atlanta, she becomes immersed in politics, organizing protests and butting heads with school administrations as well as with her boyfriend, who isn't too friendly to the cause. Disillusioned by authority figures and betrayed by the man she loves, Naomi returns home, confused about the world and her place in it.
]]> 64254 3.76 564 70 1996 1131128 0385501625 9780385501620 9 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181242925m/1131128.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181242925s/1131128.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1131128.Can_t_Get_Enough 3.93 69 P.G. County are back in Connie Briscoe's wickedly funny and deliciously daring novel of romance and betrayal, dangerous choices and seductive second chances.
P.G. County was Connie Briscoe's first excursion into the world of the overprivileged and undersatisfied inhabitants of an elite suburb of Washington, D.C.
Readers will be delighted to learn that their mischievous machinations and meddlesome ways reach new heights- and sink to new depths- in Can't Get Enough, the much-anticipated follow-up to P.G. County.
Barbara Bentley, the grand dame of P.G. County, is tentatively embarking on a fresh approach to life, abandoning the alcohol that served to soften the edges of her marriage to her bimbo-loving millionaire husband, Bradford. She's been sober for nearly a year, her part-time work as a real estate agent has boosted her self-confidence, and the unexpected attentions of a handsome young colleague have done wonders for her ego.
For Jolene, Bradford's ambitious, conniving ex-mistress, the status she covets remains tantalizingly out of reach. Her decent, hard-working husband, Patrick, has left her for Pearl, a woman proud of her success as a beauty shop owner and eager to create a loving home for Patrick and his two mixed-up teenage daughters. Royalty comes to Silver Lake in the form of Veronique.
She's rich, fabulous and everyone's new friend, or is she? As the characters slip in and out of their Pratesi sheets and stride into mayhem and misdeeds in their Jimmy Choo shoes, Can't Get Enough will hold readers spellbound. A delectable and scrumptious page-turner, it ushers in spring with the fabulous force of a Gucci-clad lion.]]> 64254 3.76 564 70 2005 733997 006103021X 9780061030215 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177802812m/733997.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177802812s/733997.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/733997.A_Long_Way_from_Home 3.84 50 Connie Briscoe's third novel, the connotations of home are anything but heartwarming. For an enslaved mother, daughter, and grandmother, Montpelier plantation in Virginia is a living hell- and the proprietor, at least initially, is none other than President James Madison.
A Long Way from Home opens during Madison's lifetime, when Susie and her daughter Clara serve the First Couple as house slaves. Yet even this regime seems civilized compared to the havoc unleashed by Madison's brutal stepson. As Clara fends off (and ultimately succumbs to) the sexual advances of one master after another, the author conjures up the entire world of the "peculiar institution."
It is Susie's granddaughter and namesake, Susan, who first leaves Montpelier. Not, of course, voluntarily: she is sold to a family living in Richmond. Chained in the back of a departing wagon, she "clenched her teeth and stared at the sky. How dare the day be so clear, so beautiful, on this, the worst day of her life." But as the Civil War erupts, Susan ponders the possibility of a more joyous liberation. As Briscoe makes clear, the prospect elicited a complex blend of emotions from many slaves- Susan, for example, has been lulled into considering herself a part (if a diminished part) of her white master's family.
A Long Way from Home does occasionally fall back on the pat formulas of the television miniseries, and Briscoe doesn't manage to quite ignite Susan's conflicted feelings about bondage and freedom. But Susan's postwar travails do convey the reality that Reconstruction was not only a political process but also a painfully personal one. --Katherine Anderson]]> 64254 3.76 564 70 1999 6024694 0446534897 9780446534895 14 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6024694.Sisters_Husbands 3.23 31 Sisters & Lovers, and Beverly, now 39, is engaged to Julian, a man her family and friends agree is the epitome of a great catch: he's gorgeous, loyal, trustworthy, successful, and very much in love with her. Since this is Beverly's third engagement in the past five years, after breaking off the previous two at the last moment, everyone's happy that she's finally settling down.
For Beverly and Julian, nothing could be better than being in love and planning their wedding. That is until Beverly's oldest sister's marriage falls apart and dampens the mood of what should have been the happiest time in Beverly's life.
Now, second-guessing her impending nuptials, Beverly is forced to wonder if marriage really works. Will she stick it out? Or will her fears cloud her judgment once again?]]> 64254 3.76 564 70 2009 118779 0373830599 9780373830596 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171758139m/118779.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171758139s/118779.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/118779.You_Only_Get_Better 3.27 15 Maxine Davis's life is careening out of control— her marriage is dull, her teenage daughters are driving her insane and she is days away from a big birthday. New York Times bestselling author Connie Briscoe spins a compelling story of betrayal, forgiveness and redemption in The Perfect Life.
In Three for the Road, Essence and Blackboard bestselling author Lolita Files takes readers on a breathtaking road trip to self-discovery with Lillibelle Goldman, as she meets an unlikely kindred spirit...
In This Time Around, by bestselling author Anita Bunkley, a successful career woman proves that life doesn't end at forty. At forty-nine, Anika Redmond has just received an extreme makeover. But even with her new, hot body and a power job, Anita is still searching for the one thing in life that eludes her— a happy ending...]]> 64254 3.76 564 70 5155 3.82 423 42 68874 3.41 44 5 2007 111083 0316113042 9780316113045 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171648277m/111083.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171648277s/111083.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/111083.Jewels_50_Phenomenal_Black_Women_Over_50 4.33 3 JEWELS includes well-known and little-known women alike, from teachers and executives to artists, authors, and entertainers. Among the celebrities profiled in the book are Ruby Dee, Eleanor Holmes Norton, S. Epatha Merkerson, and Marion Wright Edelman. Coauthor Connie Briscoe also appears here as one of the featured Jewels, telling her inspiring personal story. World-renowned poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator Nikki Giovanni contributes an original poem to the book.</DIV>]]> 2809463 4.20 55 10 64254 3.76 564 70 2007 6942725 1428114742 9781428114746 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6942725-can-t-get-enough 0.0 0 64254 3.76 564 70 3033883 4.40 5 0 2006