Question of the Day:

If people who read books on paper are called bookworms, then are people who
listen to cassette books called tapeworms?

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Audio books are considered to be the fastest-growing segment in the publishing industry, growing 75 percent since 1995 and representing $2 billion in annual sales, according to the Audio Publishers Association (APA).

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Kimberla Lawson Roby

from the reverse:

Already at the top of the Blackboard Bestseller List, this critically-acclaimed new voice in African-American literature is both passionate and vibrant. In this, Kimberla Lawson Roby’s second novel, strong characters explore the complexities of such real life issues as relationships, single parenthood, and infertility.

Racquel and Marcella are sisters with very little in common, except that each wants what the other has. Racquel has a beautiful house, a fulfilling career and a loving husband. But driven by her desperate longing for a child, she is alienating her husband and family. Marcella is a single mom, trying to support her two children with a low paying job, food stamps, and occasional child support from a deadbeat ex-husband. She won’t allow anyone to interfere with her dream for a better lifestyle, not even her own children.

Narrator Donna Bailey skillfully renders the emotionally powerful experiences of two women as they learn to accept their losses. Sometimes funny and often heartbreaking, their story touches listeners with a message of healing and hope.

Copyright 2001

Recorded Books/Griot Audio

Listening Time: 10.75 hours on 8 cassette

Narrated by Donna Bailey

Original Retail: $68.00

Ex-Library - In Very Good Condition - The black clamshell in in very good condition. Stickers removed from the case but remain on the actual cassettes. Cassettes appear to be in good, playable condition. 

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