| The Itch Contributor(s): Little, Benilde (Author) |
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ISBN: 0684854309 ISBN-13: 9780684854304 Publisher: Simon & Schuster OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1999 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 98014836 |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 5.27" W x 8.01" (0.65 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast - Demographic Orientation - Urban - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - California - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "[A] nuanced, Edith Wharton-style treatment of the upper reaches of black society...[Little] is an arbiter of that insular world." --The Washington Post Abra Lewis Dixon is the envy of the fashionable, professional women of her well-heeled social circle. She leads a charmed life--having attended all the right schools, married the right man, and started a successful film production company with her best friend, Natasha Coleman--and seems like an ambassador from the world of perfection. It is only when her impeccable marriage turns suddenly shaky that her utopia is left in pieces... |
Contributor Bio(s): Little, Benilde: - Benilde Little is the bestselling author of the novels Good Hair (selected as one of the ten best books of 1996 by the Los Angeles Times), The Itch, Acting Out, and Who Does She Think She Is? A former reporter for People and senior editor at Essence, she lives in Montclair, New Jersey, with her husband and son. Her daughter is away at college. Follower her on Twitter and Instagram @BenildeLittle and read her blog, Welcome to My Breakdown, at BenildeLittle.Wordpress.com. |