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001			ASIN0684853124
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008			101228s1999 xxu eng d
020			_a0684853124 _c$25.95
020			_a9780684853123
040			_cOSt
050			_aPS 3560 _b.J33 1998
082	0	4	_a813.54
100	1		_aJackson, Sheneska. _91939
245	1	0	_aBlessings : _ba novel / _cSheneska Jackson.
250			_a1st Scribner Paperback Fiction Ed ed.
260			_a[S.l.] : _bSimon & Schuster, _c1999.
300			_a400 p. ; _c20 cm.
500			_aPaperback.
520			_aThere is no place quite like the local beauty salon, and Sheneska Jackson deftly uses this intimate setting as a backdrop for four women and their concerns about men, motherhood, and parenting. Patricia, the owner of Blessings, has come to terms with her infertility only to discover that her attempt to adopt a child brings its own pains and disappointments. Zuma, independent and financially secure, is plagued by regrets about an abortion in her past and, with her biological clock ticking, resolves to become a mother through artificial insemination. Faye, a widow and single mother trying her best to provide for her family, struggles to control a wild daughter on the brink of womanhood. For Sandy, motherhood is an unwelcome burden, and she blatantly mistreats her children -- until a crisis leads her to make a mother's ultimate sacrifice.
856	4	0	_3Amazon.com _uhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0684853124/chopaconline-20
856	4	0	_3Amazon customer reviews _uhttp://www.chopac.org/cgi-bin/tools/azrev.pl?q=0684853124
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