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Author:	Pearl Cleage	Format:	Paperback
Publisher:	Avon Books	ISBN-10:	038079487X
ISBN-13:	9780380794874	Subject:	Humor
Publication Year:	1998	Topic:	--
Special Attributes:	--	Language:	English
Condition:	Acceptable

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Synopsis
When Ava returns to her hometown to visit her sister, she becomes involved with Eddie Jefferson. The romance is threatened because each of them has a terrible secret: Ava is HIV-positive, and Eddie is a convicted murderer.
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Series:	Oprah's Book Club

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Length:	244 pages
Height:	8.3 in.
Width:	5.3 in.
Thickness:	0.8 in.
Weight:	7.2 oz.

Publisher's Note
In a remarkable debut novel that sizzles with sensuality, crackles with life-affirming energy and moves the reader to laughter and tears, author Pearl Cleage creates a world rich in character, human drama, and deep, compassionate understanding. After a decade of luxe living in Atlanta, Ava Johnson has returned to tiny Idlewild, Michigan--her fabulous career and power plans smashed to bits on one dark truth: Ava has tested positive for HIV. Bur rather than a sorrowful end, her homecoming is a new beginning. Because, in the ten-plus years since she left, all the problems of the big city have invaded the sleepy community of her childhood. Because dear friends and family sorely need her help in the face of impending trouble and tragedy, and Ava cannot turn her back on them. And because, most importantly, Ava Johnson is inexplicably and undeniably falling in love. This highly praised debut novel by a renowned African-American playwright/essayist is a gritty yet warm and inspiring story of hope, love, and homecoming.
Industry reviews
"There is a wealth of poetry in Ava's efforts to keep her head above water. Following Cleage's twists and turns of the human spirit, readers may find themselves in a very inspired and uplifted plane well before the last page." Washington Post Book World - Lisa Teasley (02/01/1998) "It takes talent to make a love story between an AIDS victim and a convicted murderer work, but playwright/essayist Cleage more than meets the challenge in this gutsy, very likable fiction debut....Watch out, Terry McMillan. Cleage is on your tail." Tuttle

Synopsis

Ava Johnson was living out her dream in Atlanta: fabulous career, high living, and the promise that things could only get bigger and better. Then Ava's future crumbled -- she tested positive for HIV. Believing her life to be over, she returns to Idlewild, Michigan, the small town of her childhood. But home is not what it used to be, and Ava's homecoming is anything but the sorrowful end she expected. Big-city problems have made their way to Idlewild, and Ava finds a new beginning in working with the town's troubled black youths. Oh, and then there's Wild Eddie -- nothing gives a gal a new lease on life like falling in love!

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