| Single Mom Contributor(s): Tyree, Omar (Author) |
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ISBN: 0684855933 ISBN-13: 9780684855936 Publisher: Simon & Schuster OUR PRICE: $18.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1999 Annotation: Exploring the most controversial issues in the African-American community today, Omar Tyree tells the fast-paced, realistic, and moving story of a woman's struggle to balance her own needs and the needs of her children and their fathers. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Thrillers - General - Fiction | Women - Fiction | African American - Women |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 98035892 |
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 5.3" W x 8.04" (0.75 lbs) 400 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 41477 Reading Level: 5.2 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 23.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Three men grappling with fatherhood and one single mother of striking character and independence face off in this compelling new novel from the bestselling author of Flyy Girl and A Do Right Man. After more than ten years of successfully raising two sons on her own, Denise Stewart finds herself involved with both of her sons' fathers as well as in a relationship with a new man. Jimmie, the father of her eldest child, who, after learning that his son is a top basketball prospect, suddenly wants a major role in the teenager's life. Walter, the father of Denise's second son, is trying to gain custody of his twelve-year-old. After attending the Million Man March in Washington, Walter believes he should assume full responsibility for his son instead of for just two weekends out of each month. And there's Brock, the truck driver who is falling in love with Denise but is uncertain whether he wants the burden of a ready-made family. |
Contributor Bio(s): Tyree, Omar: - New York Times bestselling author Omar Tyree is the winner of the 2001 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work--Fiction, and the 2006 Phillis Wheatley Literary Award for Body of Work in Urban Fiction. He has published more than twenty books on African-American people and culture, including five New York Times bestselling novels. He is a popular national speaker, and a strong advocate of urban literacy. Born and raised in Philadelphia, he lives in Charlotte, North Carolina. Learn more at OmarTyree.com. |