A Day Late and a Dollar Short

Contemporary American Fiction

Author: Terry McMillan

Viola’s husband, Cecil, has shut the door behind him for the last time, and their four adult kids seem determined to send her to her grave with worrying. Paris always comes to everybody’s rescue – although she doesn’t have a clue as to how to save herself. Lewis keeps landing himself in jail. Charlotte knows she’s gotten the short end of the stick for years and would just….Read More

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