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Title: Li'l
Mama's Rules
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Publisher: Simon & Schuster Trade
Date Published: April 1998
Format: Trade Paper
In this fresh, outspoken novel about contemporary relationships and the rules that guide
(and misguide) them, Sheneska Jackson's "jazzy voice sounds smoother and sweeter than
ever" ("Newsday"). |
Title: Blessings
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Publisher: Simon & Schuster Trade
Date Published: April 1998Read an AALBC Review
Read an Excerpt From
Chapter 1
Format: Trade Cloth
Infused with the themes that are closest to women's hearts, Blessings presents
Jackson's most absorbing, complex work yet. At the center of the novel are four vibrant
women who are searching for happiness as they grapple with such difficult issues as female
bonding, infertility, adoption, abortion, and child discipline. |
Title: Caught
up in the Rapture
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Publisher: Simon & Schuster Trade
Date Published: June 1997
Format: Trade Paper
In this impressive debut, 25-year-old Sheneska Jackson transports readers to South Central
L.A. in a gritty, glamorous, and very real love story. Jazmine's ready to step out from
under the influence of her preacher father, get discovered, and have a little fun with her
outgoing friend Dakota, with whom she shares her righteous anger at men, girlfriend to
girlfriend. "A dazzling kickoff novel."--Rita Mae Brown. First serial to
Essence. |
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Inspired by a lecture given by author Terry McMillan (Waiting to Exhale), Jackson
bought the Packard on credit. "I'd get up at 3 a.m., drag myself to the computer and
get cranking until 7," she recalls. "Then I'd be out the door for work at
7:30." She finished a first draft in six weeks and sent it to an agent, who called
her with good news only two days after submitting it to Simon & Schuster. "She
told me to sit down," says Jackson. "Then she said, `How does $200,000
sound?'"
Review from Kirkus
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From Kirkus Reviews , 03/01/96: A seamless, convincing, and gruelingly honest first
novel, by the 25-year-old Jackson, portrays worlds known to many Americans only through
the evening news.
A Sheneska Jackson Fan
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