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Taking a job in Atlanta to save the family home, Regina Burns finds herself unable to forgive her new employer for ruining her wedding plans years earlier and finds herself falling for a handsome stranger whom her aunt predicted she would meet.
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"Cleage writes with amazing grace and killer instinct."
--The New York Times
"A playful, joy-filled novel, shot with...humor and engaging, life-loving characters."
-Los Angeles Times
"Pearl Cleage deftly balanc[es] complex social issues with a warm narrative voice...SOME THINGS I NEVER THOUGHT I'D DO won't disappoint."
--Essence
"[SOME THINGS I NEVER THOUGHT I'D DO] demonstrates [Cleage's] gift for engaging storytelling, identifiable characters, and sister-to-sister dialogue."
--The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Biting and truthful, forceful and intelligent....With her signature aplomb, Pearl Cleage has crafted another novel with captivating dialogue, a straightforward read-to-the-end tale of sisterhood and romance."
-Dallas Morning News
"Cleage croons a tale of politics-for-hire, community action, and strong men coming on with a voice as smooth and mellow as a jazz standard."
-Bebe Moore Campbell "Readers...will be charmed by this tale in which second chances are golden, love triumphs, and good wins over evil."
-Philadelphia Inquirer
"An engrossing story with a deep understanding of the human spirit."
-Ebony
"[SOME THINGS...] sets the standard for fiction that not only entertains but raises important issues relevant in the real world."
-Black Issues Book Review
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--The New York Times
"A playful, joy-filled novel, shot with...humor and engaging, life-loving characters."
-Los Angeles Times
"Pearl Cleage deftly balanc[es] complex social issues with a warm narrative voice...SOME THINGS I NEVER THOUGHT I'D DO won't disappoint."
--Essence
"[SOME THINGS I NEVER THOUGHT I'D DO] demonstrates [Cleage's] gift for engaging storytelling, identifiable characters, and sister-to-sister dialogue."
--The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Biting and truthful, forceful and intelligent....With her signature aplomb, Pearl Cleage has crafted another novel with captivating dialogue, a straightforward read-to-the-end tale of sisterhood and romance."
-Dallas Morning News
"Cleage croons a tale of politics-for-hire, community action, and strong men coming on with a voice as smooth and mellow as a jazz standard."
-Bebe Moore Campbell "Readers...will be charmed by this tale in which second chances are golden, love triumphs, and good wins over evil."
-Philadelphia Inquirer
"An engrossing story with a deep understanding of the human spirit."
-Ebony
"[SOME THINGS...] sets the standard for fiction that not only entertains but raises important issues relevant in the real world."
-Black Issues Book Review
Pearl Cleage is the author of Mad at Miles: A Black Woman’s Guide to Truth, Deals with the Devil and Other Reasons to Riot, and her bestselling debut novel, What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day.... An accomplished dramatist, her plays include Flyin’ West and Blues for an Alabama Sky. Ms. Cleage lives in Atlanta with her husband.
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- PublisherThorndike Pr
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0786268123
- ISBN 13 9780786268122
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages464
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