| Ugly Ways Contributor(s): Ansa, Tina McElroy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0156000776 ISBN-13: 9780156000772 Publisher: William Morrow & Company OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1995 Annotation: With a large dose of compassion and a generous splash of humor, the author of Baby of the Family serves up the powerful tale of the three Lovejoy sisters, who are reunited in their small Georgia hometown on the occasion of their mother's death. "It crackles and sings with life".--Jill McCorkle. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Family Life - Siblings - Fiction | Women |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 94033938 |
| Series: Harvest American Writing |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 5.28" W x 8.06" (0.75 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Cultural Region - South - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - Georgia - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The bestselling tale-powerful, compassionate, humorous-of the three Lovejoy sisters reunited in their hometown of Mulberry, Georgia, on the occasion of their mother's death. As the emotionally scarred Lovejoys prepare for their mother's funeral, the spirit of the selfish and manipulative Mudear hovers above them, complaining about her daughters' "ugly ways" in death as she did in life. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ansa, Tina McElroy: - Tina McElroy Ansa is the author of Baby of the Family, The Hand I Fan With, and You Know Better. A frequent contributor to the Los Angeles Times, Newsday, and Atlanta Journal-Constitution, she can be seen on the CBS News Sunday Morning segment "Postcards from Georgia." She lives with her husband on St. Simons Island, Georgia. |