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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780345481122
ISBN number: 0345481127
Label: One World/Ballantine
Manufacturer: One World/Ballantine
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 320
Printing Date: March 18, 2008
Publishing house: One World/Ballantine
Release Date: March 18, 2008
Sale Popularity Level: 103250
Studio: One World/Ballantine
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For Josephine Evans, home was on the stages of the world where she spent thirty years establishing herself as one of the finest actresses of her generation. Josephine was the toast of Europe, and her fabulous apartment in Amsterdam’s theater district was a popular gathering place for an international community of artists, actors, and expatriates who considered themselves true citizens of the world. Josephine lived above and beyond the reach of conventional definitions of who and what an African American diva could be, and her legions of loyal fans loved her for it. She had a perfect life and enough sense to live it to the hilt, but then a war she didn’t fully understand turned everything upside down, thrusting her into a role she never wanted and was not prepared to play. Suddenly the target of angry protests aimed at the country she had never really felt was her own, Josephine is forced to return to America to see if she can create a new definition of home.
Camping out with her granddaughter, Zora, who is housesitting in Atlanta’s West End; and trying to avoid the unwanted attentions of Dig It!, the city’s brand-new gossip magazine, Josephine struggles to reclaim her old life even as she scrambles to shape her new one. Hoping her friend Howard Denmond is as good as his word when he promises to engineer her triumphant return to the European stage, Josephine sets out to increase her nest egg by selling the house her mother willed her, only to find the long-neglected property has become home to squatters who have no intention of leaving.
But an unexpected reunion with an old friend offers Josephine a chance to set things right. Spurning an offer from unscrupulous land developer Greer Woodruff, Josephine gathers new friends around her, including Victor Causey, a lawyer whose addictions left him homeless but still determined to protect his mother; Louie Baptiste, a displaced New Orleans chef hoping to return to the city he loves; and Aretha Hargrove, recovering from her role in the same scandal that sent Zora running for cover. As Greer gets serious about her plan to tear the community apart, Josephine finds herself playing the most important role of her life, showing her neighbors what courage really is and learning the true meaning of coming home.
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This was not my very first Pearl Cleage book but I had not read anything by her in quite a while. This was a very good book. As usual Pearl is a great story teller. I only wished that she would have been more clear about the character's grand-daughter's troubles. (I got a little lost on what the real issue was) You will find yourself cheering for the main character and the ending is not predictable so don't even try to guess what's going to happen...you'll just have to keep reading to the very end.
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This book was a little too slow for me. Started off good but went flat.
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I love all of Pearl Cleage's books. This was stunning. So refreshing to read characters such as these ladies. I pulled into this novel right off the bat. Wonderful story.
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Unlke many of the reviewers, I'd never heard of Pearl Cleage before I read Seen It All and Done the Rest. That said, the book was amazing, and it actually inspired me to post here.
I stopped reading alot of African American fiction years ago because the majority of it dealt with female/male relationships and/or da hood - so it was refreshing to read a book about a 58-year old female (I didn't know they wrote books about women over 35) dealing with family, friendship and the world.
Like E. Lynn Harris, she transported me from my normal life, created a compelling story line, and kept me hooked until the end.
I loved the characters - especially Abbie - but couldn't understand Zora's dramatic decline over being the wrong place at the wrong time (didn't realize there was an entire book that dealt with that issue) or why the media wouldn't leave it alone after a year!
Nevertheless, I'd never been so satisfied by a book since I read Terry McMillan's Mama 20-years ago; and will definitely pick up Ms. Cleage's past catalog.
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Pearl Cleage is one of my favorite writers, and maybe I've been comparing all of her books after "What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day". However, I'm hoping that her subsequent book is not centered in the West End of Atlanta; in fact, "We Speak Your Names" is the perfect base for historical fiction. Back to "Seen It All and Done The Rest": it reminded me of the recent movie release, "Hancock". She did a good job in describing and enhancing character development and the subsequent issues; but you read three-quarters of the book and you get the sense that there IS a problem and it hasn't been addressed. So...the ending is not as detailed, not as sequential and, unfortunately, not as satisfying.
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