New York: Viking. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2001. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Signed by Author; 0670896764 . SIGNED by Author McMillan. Signed Copy sticker. 1st edition First Printing with number series starting (1). No names or other markings but has a single brown stain on the front of the text block Tight unread copy. ; 8vo. .

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Las Vegas, 1994. The Prices are introduced by Viola, the family's outspoken matriarch: Her husband, Cecil, has shut the door behind him for the last time; and their four adult kids, scattered across the country, seem determined to send her to her grave, or at least to the hospital with worrying. Paris is divorced, mother to a nearly seventeen-year-old son and the one who always comes to everybody's rescue—although she doesn't have a clue as to how to save herself. Lewis is the scapegoat, and his troubles keep landing him in jail, which only seems to confirm what his family thinks he is. Out in Chicago, Charlotte knows she's gotten the short end of the stick for years, has "nothing in common except blood" with her parents and siblings and would just as soon divorce them all. Janelle, the baby of the family, is not only on the defensive about the course of her own life but she's facing a new crisis, a fast-brewing storm with her teenage daughter that threatens more than she's willing to admit. And don't even ask Viola about Cecil: "He's a bad habit I've had for thirty-eight years which would make him my husband." But Cecil has some ideas for taking his hardworking life into his own hands, regardless of what his wife and kids think about it. With her hallmark exuberance and a cast of characters so sassy, resilient, and full of life that they breathe, dream, and shout right off the page, Terry McMillan has given us a tour-de-force novel of family, healing and redemption. A Day Late and a Dollar Short takes us deep into the hearts, minds, and souls of America—and gives us six more friends we never want to leave.

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Bookseller: E Ridge fine Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 5023
Title: A Day Late and a Dollar Short
Author: McMillan, Terry
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
ISBN 10: 0670896764
ISBN 13: 9780670896769
Publisher: Viking
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 2001
Keywords: Signed, Fiction
Bookseller catalogs: Signed Books; Fiction: Mysteries/Thrillers & General;

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