AUTOGRAPHED Big Girls Don't Cry: CONNIE BRISCOE 1st Edition Hardcover

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Big Girls Don't Cry: Novel, A Description IMPORTANT: condition descriptions provided by eBay in their 'item specifics' template shown above my listings are likely incorrect due to limitations of the software listing program. MOST of my books are either VERY GOOD or GOOD condition. From Publishers Weekly One black woman's journey to fulfillment is the subject of Briscoe's new novel. As in Sisters and Lovers, social issues play a large role in her heroine's story. In Washington, D.C., in the early 1960s, Naomi Jefferson agonizes over middle-class teenage concerns until her older brother, Joshua, a college student agitated about racism, dies under suspicious circumstances. A few years later, after some romantic disappointments and rough times in college in Atlanta, a chastened Naomi returns to her parents' home and finds work in a city councilman's office, where dim prospects for advancement?and an unhappy, drug-addled relationship?drive her back to school. Eventually, she joins a large consulting firm and gets engaged to architect Marshall Underwood. Then her plans are disrupted not only by the denial of a promotion but also by the sudden appearance of an unruly teenager claiming to be Joshua's son. Other complications ensue, but a happy ending for Naomi is never in doubt. Briscoe's pacing is brisk, and the plot touches on a range of key social issues: civil rights, affirmative action and intragroup prejudice. Although the dialogue is sometimes self-conscious, and Briscoe lacks Terry McMillan's brash zest, her empathetic portrait of a modern woman wrestling with issues of love, work and family obligations should add to her popularity as a chronicler of contemporary African American life. $150,000 ad/promo; author tour. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. Read more From Library Journal When we meet Naomi, she is a typical 11-year-old with her head buried in a Nancy Drew mystery. But this is no fairy tale. Naomi grows up at a time when blacks are still turned away from fine restaurants and Martin Luther King is alive. Journalist Briscoe (Sisters and Lovers, LJ 4/1/94) skillfully tells the convincing and passionate story of Naomi's life with her parents, who are mildly concerned with Civil Rights issues, and her brother, Joshua, who becomes a rights activist at college. Naomi is still a teenager when King is murdered, and when Joshua dies in a car accident on his way to a Civil Rights rally, and her life is changed forever. Naomi is determined to follow in Joshua's footsteps but is disillusioned with her white-dominated college and further loses her grip on life when a major romance sours. As a dropout, she comes close to drug addiction, but Briscoe doesn't bring doom. Eventually, Naomi returns to college. Readers, especially women, will nod in recognition as brilliant and successful analyst Naomi tires of kicking against the glass ceiling, leaves her job, and starts her own business. This believable and wonderfully written novel is highly recommended for all fiction collections.?Corinne Nelson, "Library Journal"Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. Read more See all Editorial Reviews Features: Product Details: Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Harper; 1st edition (April 4, 1996) Language: English ISBN-10: 0060172770 ISBN-13: 70 Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 1.5 x 10 inches Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds Handling We will ship all orders within 3 business days of payment. Delivery We do not ship outside of the USA, **except** via eBay Global Shipping Program. [however, for postcards and other lightweight paper items, we DO ship internationally ourselves.] Feedback We take our reputation seriously, we buy and sell online, so we understand the value of trust. If you are unsatisfied with your order, please contact us and we will work with you to resolve it to your satisfaction. PLEASE be aware that if there is just ONE photo in our listings, it means it is a GENERIC STOCK PHOTO. If there are TWO OR MORE PHOTOS, they are photos of the EXACT ITEM YOU WILL RECEIVE.IMPORTANT: condition descriptions provided by eBay in their 'item specifics' template shown above my listings are likely incorrect due to limitations of the software listing program. MOST of my books are either VERY GOOD or GOOD condition. About Us PLEASE NOTE: WHILE WE DO NOT SHIP INTERNATIONALLY OURSELVES, WE DO GLADLY USE EBAY'S GLOBAL SHIPPING PROGRAM SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ORDER FROM US NO MATTER WHERE IN THE WORLD YOU LIVE. IF EBAY GLOBAL SHIPPING PROGRAM SHIPS TO YOUR COUNTRY THEN SO DO WE! 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