Bertice Berry, Author . Doubleday $22.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-385-50377-8
In an unusual testament to the undying power of love, Berry (Redemption Song; The Haunting of Hip-Hop) builds her third novel around the sexual reawakening of a middle-aged couple. When Jim, in his early 60s, and Louella, in her late 50s, begin to...
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Bertice Berry, Author . Broadway $19.95 (177p) ISBN 978-0-385-51083-7
Motivational speaker Berry (Redemption Song
) packs a lot into a folksy, feel-good little novel narrated by a meddling ghost. Poor benighted Bernita Brown has been lured into the arms of several Mr. Wrongs—a boyfriend on the down low, a white...
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Bertice Berry, Author . Broadway $23.95 (205p) ISBN 978-0-7679-2414-6
In Berry’s first novel, Redemption Song
, a contemporary love story unfolds as a pair of young strangers share reading the only extant copy of a slave narrative, the work of a woman who experienced deep love for a fellow slave and savage...
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Bertice Berry, Author Scribner Book Company $21 (256p) ISBN 978-0-684-81457-5
Spirited, sassy and heartfelt, the comedian and former talk-show host (The Bertice Berry Show) offers enjoyable autobiographical musing that describe an inspiring life. She can segue from a comical exegesis of her name (she's been called ""everything
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Bertice Berry, Author Doubleday Books $19.95 (192p) ISBN 978-0-385-49844-9
Comedian and inspirational speaker Berry (Sckraight from the Ghetto) makes a tear-tugging fiction debut with this slim romantic fable about connections across generations. Neighbors Josephine ""Fina"" Chambers and Ross Buchanan meet serendipitously...
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Bertice Berry, Author Doubleday Books $21 (224p) ISBN 978-0-385-49845-6
When hip-hop producer/songwriter Harry ""Freedom"" Hudson decides to buy a reputedly haunted brownstone in Harlem he inadvertently disturbs a passel of fretful ghosts, in Berry's (Redemption Song) latest novel. Freedom directs his lawyer, Ava...
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