Tina McElroy Ansa
1) Ugly Ways
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Three sisters return to their southern hometown after the death of their difficult, demanding mother, in a novel by the author of Baby of the Family.
In life, Esther Lovejoy was an intolerable mother. She raised her daughters with an iron fist, browbeat her husband into submission, and insisted they call her Mudear (an abbreviation of Mother Dear). As adults with successful careers, Betty, Emily, and Annie Ruth have scattered across...
In life, Esther Lovejoy was an intolerable mother. She raised her daughters with an iron fist, browbeat her husband into submission, and insisted they call her Mudear (an abbreviation of Mother Dear). As adults with successful careers, Betty, Emily, and Annie Ruth have scattered across...
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As tiny Mulberry, Georgia, celebrates its spring Peach Blossom Festival, things are far from peachy for three generations of women: "An engrossing tale." —Booklist
Eighteen-year-old LaShawndra, who wants nothing more out of life than to dance in a music video, has messed up again—but this time she isn't sticking around to hear about it. Not that her mother seems to care: Sandra is too busy working on her real estate career...
Eighteen-year-old LaShawndra, who wants nothing more out of life than to dance in a music video, has messed up again—but this time she isn't sticking around to hear about it. Not that her mother seems to care: Sandra is too busy working on her real estate career...
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Bestselling author Tina McElroy Ansa is back with another tale from Mulberry, Georgia, the richly drawn fictional town and home of the extraordinary Lena McPherson. Lena, now forty-five and tired of being "the hand everyone fans with," has grown weary of shouldering the town's problems and wants to find a little love and companionship for herself. So she and a friend perform a supernatural ritual to conjure up a man for Lena. She...