03854cam a2200457 4500 236617538 TxAuBib 20140807120000.0 ||||||s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780061834288 0061834289 B000FC128W Amazon fef55c4c-0796-41fd-b6d2-7ca08f5cf14b OverDrive (Reserve ID) 22523 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Cleage, Pearl. I Wish I Had a Red Dress [READS eBook]. HarperCollins, 2009. Format: OverDrive Adobe PDF eBook, Filesize: 1439kB. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 735kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:<p>Since Joyce Mitchell was widowed five years ago, she's kept herself occupied by running the Sewing Circus, an all-girl group she founded to provide badly needed services to young women at risk, many of whom are single mothers. But some nights, home alone, she has to admit that something is missing. And soon she may not even have the Sewing Circus to fill up her life, as the state legislature has decided not to fund the group.</p> <p>Feeling defeated and pessimistic, Joyce reluctantly agrees to dinner at the home of her best friend, Sister, and finds not only a perfect meal but a tall, dark stranger named Nate Anderson. His unexpected presence touches a chord in Joyce that she thought her heart had forgotten how to play.</p> <p>Suddenly, Joyce feels ready to grab a sexy red dress and the life that goes with it . . . if she can keep her girls safe from the forces--useless boyfriends and government agencies--alike against them.</p>. "With humor and sparkling dialogue, Cleage balances dark, abusive relationships ... with the delightfully healthy love between Joyce and Nate and the strength of women's friendships.". HTML:—<i>Library Journal</i>. "Joy is a rare quality in a novel. But Pearl Cleage can do joy: her new novel is suffused with the sheer fun of being alive.". HTML:—<i>Atlanta Journal-Constitution</i>. "Cleage remains one of the most welcome and disciplined writers on the contemporary black fiction scene.". HTML:—<i>Detroit Free Press</i>. "Ms. Cleage writes with amazing grace and killer instinct.". HTML:—<i>The New York Times</i>. Fiction. Romance. Media Type: eBook. Romantic Times Career Achievement Award Nominee. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2015-08-06 20:35:30. http://reads.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=fef55c4c-0796-41fd-b6d2-7ca08f5cf14b http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0293-1/FEF/55C/4C/IWishIHadaRedDress.epub Excerpt (Adobe PDF eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=FEF55C4C-0796-41FD-B6D2-7CA08F5CF14B&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe PDF eBook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0293-1/FEF/55C/4C/IWishIHadaRedDress.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=FEF55C4C-0796-41FD-B6D2-7CA08F5CF14B&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0293-1/FEF/55C/4C/IWishIHadaRedDress.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=FEF55C4C-0796-41FD-B6D2-7CA08F5CF14B&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0293-1/FEF/55C/4C/IWishIHadaRedDress.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=FEF55C4C-0796-41FD-B6D2-7CA08F5CF14B&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)