Gingersnaps (One World) - Hardcover
You'll never forget them. Aletha. Desiree. Veronica. Debra. Janeen. Louise. Six black baby boomers whose paths crisscross and collide in a wickedly funny, emotionally charged rollercoaster ride of love and hate, jealousy and passion, ambition and desire. They're gingersnaps--spicy and hard, brown and bold--women who refuse to let their cookies crumble when faced with a challenge.
ALETHA: This reigning queen of the talk shows makes a hurricane look like a breeze--but a royal snag in her love life changes her into a shooting star.
DESIREE: Since she's a sister-friend Sigmund Freud, many women "lie" on her couch--but some minds are beyond therapy.
VERONICA: The executive producer of The Aletha Brown Show is a master juggler--until the daddy of her newborn baby takes his act on the road.
DEBRA: What's harder than pushing forty is your overbearing mother pushing you to find a man--in all the wrong directions.
JANEEN: This hot young interior decorator has finally found a man with style--but his favorite pattern is about to clash with her romantic fantasies big-time.
LOUISE: When this controversial ex-nun and bestselling author of Black Men: How to Find One, How to Get One, How to Keep One promotes her book it's a riot--literally.
Rollicking, poignant, and keenly observed, Gingersnaps is a remarkable debut. For what happens when all these friends, lovers, relatives, and associates prepare for a Christmas party in Connecticut is not to be believed. And even if there are no "White Christmas" carols being sung, the chestnuts will definitely be roasting.
ALETHA: This reigning queen of the talk shows makes a hurricane look like a breeze--but a royal snag in her love life changes her into a shooting star.
DESIREE: Since she's a sister-friend Sigmund Freud, many women "lie" on her couch--but some minds are beyond therapy.
VERONICA: The executive producer of The Aletha Brown Show is a master juggler--until the daddy of her newborn baby takes his act on the road.
DEBRA: What's harder than pushing forty is your overbearing mother pushing you to find a man--in all the wrong directions.
JANEEN: This hot young interior decorator has finally found a man with style--but his favorite pattern is about to clash with her romantic fantasies big-time.
LOUISE: When this controversial ex-nun and bestselling author of Black Men: How to Find One, How to Get One, How to Keep One promotes her book it's a riot--literally.
Rollicking, poignant, and keenly observed, Gingersnaps is a remarkable debut. For what happens when all these friends, lovers, relatives, and associates prepare for a Christmas party in Connecticut is not to be believed. And even if there are no "White Christmas" carols being sung, the chestnuts will definitely be roasting.
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"Two snaps for Gingersnaps! . . . Extremely hilarious . . . Irresistible."
--CHARLENE A. BERRY
Author of Love's Deceptions
"All of the women . . . engage and interact in a world filled with jealousy, ambition, love, and hate, yet each possesses that inner strength to overcome adversity and rebound with style."
--Booklist
"Delorys Welch-Tyson makes a dramatic debut. Gingersnaps draws readers into the world of highly successful black women who seemingly 'have it all.' But behind the facade of fame and fortune, amid the peaks and valleys of passion and success, she peels away the layers to reveal real women--resilient, funny, dynamite."
--ROBIN ALLEN
Author of Hidden Memories and Breeze
This book is just a fun read. I loved the Oprah like character and many African American
women will identify with her search for love and a successful career and a certain lifestyle.
The fantastic cover designed for the superbly talented Kris Mills has garnered loads of
early interest for the book.This is typical of Kris' covers.
Bev Robinson
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women will identify with her search for love and a successful career and a certain lifestyle.
The fantastic cover designed for the superbly talented Kris Mills has garnered loads of
early interest for the book.This is typical of Kris' covers.
Bev Robinson
"Two snaps for Gingersnaps! . . . Extremely hilarious . . . Irresistible."
--CHARLENE A. BERRY
Author of Love's Deceptions
"All of the women . . . engage and interact in a world filled with jealousy, ambition, love, and hate, yet each possesses that inner strength to overcome adversity and rebound with style."
--Booklist
"Delorys Welch-Tyson makes a dramatic debut. Gingersnaps draws readers into the world of highly successful black women who seemingly 'have it all.' But behind the facade of fame and fortune, amid the peaks and valleys of passion and success, she peels away the layers to reveal real women--resilient, funny, dynamite."
--ROBIN ALLEN
Author of Hidden Memories and Breeze
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- PublisherOne World/Ballantine
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0345422457
- ISBN 13 9780345422453
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages324
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