A Day Late and a Dollar Short

Name: A Day Late and a Dollar Short
Brand: Penguin Random House
Availability: InStock
Author: Terry McMillan
ISBN: 9780786556694

Author: Terry McMillan

Narrator: Terry McMillan

Abridged: 5 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 01/01/2001

Categories: Fiction, Family Life, Women, African American & Black Fiction

Synopsis

“Without question, this is McMillan’s best. A glorious novel....A moving tapestry of familial love and redemption.”—The Washington Post

With her hallmark exuberance and a cast of characters so sassy, resilient, and full of life that they breathe, dream, and shout right off the page, Terry McMillan has given us a tour-de-force novel of family, healing, and redemption. A Day Late and a Dollar Short takes us deep into the hearts, minds, and souls of America—and gives us six more friends we never want to leave.

About The Author

Terry McMillan is the award-winning, critically acclaimed #1 New York Times bestselling author of Waiting to Exhale, Getting to Happy, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, A Day Late and a Dollar Short, The Interruption of Everything, Who Asked You?, Mama, Disappearing Acts, I Almost Forgot About You, It’s Not All Downhill From Here, and the editor of Breaking Ice: An Anthology of Contemporary African-American Fiction. She lives in California.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Diane on May 16, 2017

Great read! relatable and relevant topics concerning the black families (struggles etc)...well written and recommend to all (paperback!)......more

Goodreads review by Donna’s Book Addiction on February 26, 2013

The book is funny in parts and Viola is a great character. All of the characters are well-written and their individual stories are very familiar in today's world. The mother begins telling the story. She then describes her (family) husband, children, and grandchildren in a way that only a mother, wi......more

Goodreads review by kisha on December 29, 2015

I normally dont like Terry McMillan's work because she curses too much and she's the only author I know that write books where the movie is better. But, She did the darn thing with this one. I loved this book. I've read it five times. Two times back to back and I very rarely read the same book twice......more

Goodreads review by Leander on August 26, 2013

A provocative look at family relationships.... With this book, I had trouble with the style of writing. Here are 3 sentences: ------ - How come don't nobody ever believe me when I tell the truth? I can't hardly ball up my fist, my knuckles is so swollen. - It ain't no reason why we gotta settle for bein......more

Goodreads review by Nardsbaby on January 07, 2009

DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY soooooooooooo real life None of us are flawless and no one wants to read how honky dory life is for someone else. In A DAY LATE AND A DOLLAR SHORT, you find a family boggled down with secrets, infidelity, rape/molestation, drug abuse, teen sex, sexuality and envy. This is everyon......more

Quotes

"A glorious novel...without question, this is McMillan's best." —The Washington Post"McMillan has the uncanny ability to render family conflict with both humor and compassion...a life-affirming read...a triumph." —The Los Angeles Times"Touching and funny." —People"[McMillan] in top form." —The New York Times Book Review