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This Side of Eternity
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Recorded Books (2002)
ISBN: 1402515936
EAN: 9781402515934
Audio Cassette: 10 pages
Running Time: 840 unknown-units
SKU: C108HVS
Condition: Used: Good
Comments: Ex-Library, with the usual library markings. Great Audio Book! Relax and listen to it during your commute to work or on long trips. 10 tapes. 100% satisfaction guaranteed. All orders include an e-Book about starting your own Internet Business in PDF format. FREE Domestic DELIVERY CONFIRMATION! We ship daily Mon-Sat and will let you know when your item has shipped along with your e/DC number. [HI, AK, PR, VI, GUAM, SAIPAN & West Coast customers, please use Expedited Shipping, otherwise it may take longer than the estimated 14 business days.] Items are from a smoke free and air conditioned environment.
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Product Description
From Library Journal
McMillan (yes, sister of Terry and author of such novels as The Flip Side of Sin) hits the market with another steamy portrayal of African American family life. Beginning with the grisly death of Walter Russell in a garbage truck crusher, the story follows the lives of his orphaned children over nearly half a decade. Left on their own, the five Russell children eke out an impoverished existence and manage with hard work to launch themselves into adulthood despite Nikkie's developmental disability and epilepsy, Mae's 13 abortions and abusive behavior, Kirk's bullheaded negativism, Wesley's disappearance, and Anne's poor choice of lovers. Despite annual newsy updates interjected by the author describing civil rights events (the novel is set in the late 1960s), which don't really seem related, the story never captures a sense of reality. One hopes that the alarming number of grammatical errors ("Always a good cook, they never left the kitchen table hungry") in the galley proof will be corrected. Finally, the author's use of disparaging racial remarks ("Even Vietnamese people were buying businesses") does little to further the cause of equality, one of the book's strong themes. Fans of McMillan's previous chatty novels will be disappointed. Not recommended. Jennifer Baker, Seattle P.L.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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