| If This World Were Mine Contributor(s): Harris, E. Lynn (Author) |
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ISBN: 0385486561 ISBN-13: 9780385486569 Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1998 Annotation: Four friends, all graduates of Hampton Institute, keep a collective journal they call "If This World Were Mine," and share their personal diaries each month at a gathering filled with humor, gossip, and affirmation. The four group members are as different as the seasons, yet they all share a love of one another. Yolanda, a media consultant, keeps it going on with a no-nonsense attitude and independence that are balanced by the theatrics of Riley, a former marketing executive whose marriage has reduced her to a "kept woman with kids." Computer engineer Dwight's anger at the world is offset by the compassion of Leland, a gay psychiatrist whose clients make him question why God ever invented sex. But after five years, the once-strong bonds of friendship are weakening, and the group must handle challenges of work, lost love, and a stranger in their midst. As the group members confront their true feelings toward each other, resentments and long-held secrets surface, and the stability of the group begins to disintegrate. Is their past friendship strong enough to survive the future? |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | African American - Urban - Fiction | Romance - African American |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 97018795 |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 5.2" W x 8" (0.55 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Great Lakes - Cultural Region - Heartland - Cultural Region - Midwest - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - Illinois - Sex & Gender - Gay - Cultural Region - Upper Midwest |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Four friends, all graduates of Hampton Institute, keep a collective journal they call "If This World Were Mine," and share their personal diaries each month at a gathering filled with humor, gossip, and affirmation. The four group members are as different as the seasons, yet they all share a love of one another. Yolanda, a media consultant, keeps it going on with a no-nonsense attitude and independence that are balanced by the theatrics of Riley, a former marketing executive whose marriage has reduced her to a "kept woman with kids." Computer engineer Dwight's anger at the world is offset by the compassion of Leland, a gay psychiatrist whose clients make him question why God ever invented sex. But after five years, the once-strong bonds of friendship are weakening, and the group must handle challenges of work, lost love, and a stranger in their midst. As the group members confront their true feelings toward each other, resentments and long-held secrets surface, and the stability of the group begins to disintegrate. Is their past friendship strong enough to survive the future? |