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7/5/01 Hello everyone! I just finished Terry MacMillan's ...A day late and a dollar short. I highly recommend it. The novel has something for everyone. the story is about an extended family of grown children, each attempting to master his/her own life issues...three sisters, a brother, mother, father, and mother's best friend and of course, the grandchildren. Reads like real world of non-fiction. ========== For fans of Sci-fi/fantasy/woman protagonists... Try Wild Seed by Octavia Butler. CIP ...1. Afro-American women - Fiction 2. Woman healers - Fiction It is a prequel to her Patternist novels. I haven't read any of them. Doro, the male entity, builder and destroyer, has lived since before Christ... Anyanwu, the female entity, healer, shapeshifter, has lived over 300 years... "One cannot die, the other cannot be killed. " It is a story of a fated meeting. One entity needs to control, to dominate; the other submits and subsequently struggles to be free. I quarreled and took notes in the margins urging my favored character to prevail. This is a book that is chock full of material that would be perfect for critical analysis. Themes galore. Read and enjoy. Thanks Miriam Travis Library Media Teacher JFKennedy HS Richmond, CA iyaterri@jps.net Be good to yourself...continue to share the leftover good with others. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-= All postings to LM_NET are protected under copyright law. To quit LM_NET (or set-reset NOMAIL or DIGEST, etc.) send email to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL or 3) SET LM_NET DIGEST 4) SET LM_NET MAIL * Please allow for confirmation from Listserv. For LM_NET Help see: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ Archives: http://askeric.org/Virtual/Listserv_Archives/LM_NET.shtml See also EL-Announce for announcements from library media vendors: http://www.mindspring.com/~el-announce/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=