By Pearl Cleage
Wide-spread faces and locations meet clean twists and turns during this spell binding novel from acclaimed writer Pearl Cleage.
Atlanta's West finish district has consistently been a haven and residential to a coterie of certain characters--artists and thinkers, dreamers and doers. parents right here be aware of one another's names, continue their doorways unlocked, and glance out for his or her acquaintances. somebody making plans to promote medications, vandalize, or rob a bit previous woman should still consider carefully sooner than hitting this a part of city. And Blue Hamilton, West End's unofficial mayor and longtime protector, will see to it that you simply do. Blue wears many hats right here, together with cherished husband to Regina, expensive nephew to Abbey, and doting father to Sweetie and one other toddler at the way.
Blue is additionally the fellow you pay your respects to if you're trying to organize store during this city enclave--just ask Serena Mayflower, whom Blue sees striding down Ralph David Abernathy side road donning skin-tight black leather-based pants, thigh-high boots, and brilliant crimson lipstick. This tall, narrow, ethereally appealing girl and her 4 both awesome sisters make up the Too superb 5, a quintet of foreign supermodels who've arrived on the town for an Essence journal photograph shoot.
But Blue's intestine tells him that there's extra to those Mayflower mademoiselles than their affection for complete moons and Bloody Marys. With assistance from his liked Regina and their shut neighbors and family members in West finish, Blue vows to discover the women's mystery intentions--and end up as soon as and for all that there's no higher strength in the world than the facility of love.
A enthralling slice of not-so-everyday lifestyles, brimming with depraved wit and spiced with a couple of supernatural surprises, simply Wanna Testify showcases Pearl Cleage's masterly storytelling at its soulful and gratifying finest.
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