New York: Viking Press, 1989 First printing of the first edition. Author's second book. Boldly signed by Terry McMillan directly on the title page. Bottom front corner rubbed and light crimping to spine ends, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with rubbing to upper spine end and top front corner, and toning to spine and to flap margins, else fine.

Synopsis

He was tall, dark as bittersweet chocolate, and impossibly gorgeous, with a woman-melting smile. She was pretty and independent, petite and not too skinny, just his type. Franklin Swift was a sometimes-employed construction worker, and a not-quite-divorced daddy of two. Zora Banks was a teacher, singer, songwriter. They met in a Brooklyn brownstone, and there could be no walking away... In this funny, gritty urban love story, Franklin and Zora join the ranks of fiction's most compelling couples, as they move from Scrabble to sex, from layoffs to the limits of faith and trust. Disappearing Acts is about the mystery of desire and the burdens of the past. It's about respect, what it can and can't survive. And it's about the safe and secret places that only love can find.

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Bookseller: Idler Fine Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 022858
Title: Disappearing Acts
Author: McMillan, Terry
Illustrator: Norman Seef (Author photo); Neil Stuart (Jacket design); John Jinks
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition
ISBN 10: 0670824615
ISBN 13: 9780670824618
Publisher: Viking Press
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1989
Keywords: Fiction, African American, Afro-American, Black Literature, Women Writers, Essence Lifetime Achievement Award.

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