Red Light Wives

Fiction & Literature, African American, Romance
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Author: Mary Monroe ISBN: 9780758262707
Publisher: Kensington Books Publication: October 1, 2010
Imprint: Dafina Language: English
Author: Mary Monroe
ISBN: 9780758262707
Publisher: Kensington Books
Publication: October 1, 2010
Imprint: Dafina
Language: English

From New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe comes a powerful novel about the hopes, dreams, laughter--and limits--of six unique women surviving on the streets of San Francisco. . .

They're about as different as six women can be--haughty and humble, beautiful and plain, young and not-so-young, black, white, Latina, and origins unknown. But aside from a gift for laughing hardship in the face, they have one very important thing in common--Clyde Brooks. You might say that Clyde is their "manager." And you might say that Lula Mae, Ester, Megan, Rosalee, Helen, and Rockelle are colleagues--in the world's oldest profession. Clyde likes to refer to them as his "wives."

Maybe it's their love for the high life--and for each other--that makes the bond between Clyde's ladies so unbreakable. Maybe it's their private demons that keep them so loyal to Clyde--or so he thinks. For hard as they try to distract themselves, nothing can quell the women's longing for a life free from Clyde and what he represents--until one daring act of defiance changes everything. . .

Praise for Mary Monroe

"Reminiscent of Zora Neale Hurston." --Publishers Weekly

"Watch out Toni Morrison, there is a new sister in town." --Rapport

"Mary Monroe is a masterful storyteller." --Philadelphia Inquirer

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From New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe comes a powerful novel about the hopes, dreams, laughter--and limits--of six unique women surviving on the streets of San Francisco. . .

They're about as different as six women can be--haughty and humble, beautiful and plain, young and not-so-young, black, white, Latina, and origins unknown. But aside from a gift for laughing hardship in the face, they have one very important thing in common--Clyde Brooks. You might say that Clyde is their "manager." And you might say that Lula Mae, Ester, Megan, Rosalee, Helen, and Rockelle are colleagues--in the world's oldest profession. Clyde likes to refer to them as his "wives."

Maybe it's their love for the high life--and for each other--that makes the bond between Clyde's ladies so unbreakable. Maybe it's their private demons that keep them so loyal to Clyde--or so he thinks. For hard as they try to distract themselves, nothing can quell the women's longing for a life free from Clyde and what he represents--until one daring act of defiance changes everything. . .

Praise for Mary Monroe

"Reminiscent of Zora Neale Hurston." --Publishers Weekly

"Watch out Toni Morrison, there is a new sister in town." --Rapport

"Mary Monroe is a masterful storyteller." --Philadelphia Inquirer

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