Satin Doll: A Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (968 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 074321434X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-17 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The writing here is better and the plot more successfully imagined than most other offerings in this genre. From Publishers Weekly A major house has picked up another self-published novel, Philadelphia Inquirer reporter Karen E. She decides to change her life, attending college, getting work as a writer and finding love with Charles Whitfield, a well-bred, aspiring politician. After years of living on the edge in Harlem, Regina Harris is shot and violently beaten. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.. But Regina's past, C
Five Stars T. Moore I love this book.. A Bright Future for Quinones Miller Karen E. Quinones Miller has a bright future if she continues to create novels like this one. I really enjoyed this read. The characters were very life-like which enabled a person to relate to everything so easily. This book detailed both past and present relationships between wo. "Satin Doll -- Regina is one DOLL who is not to be toyed with" according to A Customer. Satin Doll tells the bold story of a woman that women of color can identify with, especially if you are from the East Coast. Our Heroine REGINA uses her Heart of Gold, her Ancestral Wisdom and her Crafty Street Smarts to exact very Modern Day Revenges.A woman after my own heart w
As a relationship begins, Regina tries desperately to hide her former life -- and her friendships with Yvonne, who's a single mother looking for a man; Tamika, who's raising two kids while their father does time; and Puddin', who has a weakness for bad boys and weed. But when Regina's past is revealed, it threatens to destroy both her relationship with Charles and the life she has worked so hard to create.. Satin Doll is a witty, insightful, heartbreaking and honest tale about romantic relationships, friendships, and class distinctions.Until that fateful moment when she was shot and left for dead, Regina Harris was living la vida loca with pimps and hustlers and using whatever money she had to get high and forget that she was living in poverty in Harlem. Now she's a college graduate and journalist who has turned her life around, living on the Upper West Side and hobnobbing with movers and shakers. She's become the classy Satin Doll of the Duke Ellington songbut she's never forgotten where she's from. On