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| Darnella Ford
ISBN: 0312348037
Format: Paperback, 224pp
Pub. Date: June 2006
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
List Price: $13.95
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| Choke, Darnella Ford, 0312348037 |
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El Mirage - for Vanessa, the low income housing complex in the middle of
the Arizona desert represents everything that's wrong with her life. Her
neighbors get it on all night, she sees an abusive husband kill his wife and
himself in the courtyard, and her own deadbeat ex-husband keeps showing up and
getting into her pants. The one bright spot is her daughter Kennedy's piano
practice as she prepares to try out for an esteemed music academy. But Vanessa
can't afford to send her, especially after losing her housekeeping job when
cranky old Miss Gregory bites the dust. Vanessa isn't one to give up, though.
And she'll do anything to help Kennedy pursue a better life, even if it means
sacrificing her own chances...
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| Darnella Ford, the author of Crave
and Rising, is a spoken-word artist. She performs regularly in the
Los Angeles area, where she lives with her daughter. She is
currently at work on her next novel. |
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