| The Hand I Fan With Contributor(s): Ansa, Tina McElroy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0385476019 ISBN-13: 9780385476010 Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $19.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1997 Annotation: Bestselling author Tina McElroy Ansa is back with another tale from Mulberry, Georgia, the richly drawn fictional town and home of the extraordinary Lena McPherson. Lena, now forty-five and tired of being "the hand everyone fans with," has grown weary of shouldering the town's problems and wants to find a little love and companionship for herself. So she and a friend perform a supernatural ritual to conjure up a man for Lena. She gets one all right: a ghost named Herman who, though dead for one hundred years, is full of life and all man. His love changes Lena's life forever, satisfying as never before both her physical and spiritual needs. Filled with the same "humor, grace, and great respect for power of the particular" ("The New York Times Book Review) as her previous critically acclaimed novels, "Baby of the Family and "Ugly Ways, The Hand I Fan With is yet another memorable and life-affirming tale from one of America's best-loved authors. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Romance - African American - Fiction | African American - Women |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 96006256 |
| Physical Information: 1.08" H x 5.26" W x 8.02" (0.79 lbs) 496 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Cultural Region - South - Demographic Orientation - Small Town - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - Georgia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Bestselling author Tina McElroy Ansa is back with another tale from Mulberry, Georgia, the richly drawn fictional town and home of the extraordinary Lena McPherson. Lena, now forty-five and tired of being the hand everyone fans with, has grown weary of shouldering the town's problems and wants to find a little love and companionship for herself. So she and a friend perform a supernatural ritual to conjure up a man for Lena. She gets one all right: a ghost named Herman who, though dead for one hundred years, is full of life and all man. His love changes Lena's life forever, satisfying as never before both her physical and spiritual needs. Filled with the same humor, grace, and great respect for power of the particular (The New York Times Book Review) as her previous critically acclaimed novels, Baby of the Family and Ugly Ways, The Hand I Fan With is yet another memorable and life-affirming tale from one of America's best-loved authors. |