Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Maryland

E. Lynn Harris's blend of rich, romantic  storytelling and controversial contemporary issues like  race and bisexuality have found an enthusiastic and  diverse audience across America. Readers celebrate  the arrival in paperback of his second novel,  Just As I Am, which picks up where  Invisible Life left off,  introducing Harris's appealing and authentic characters to a  new set of joys, conflicts, and choices. Raymond,  a young black lawyer from the South, struggles to  come to terms with his sexuality and with the grim  reality of AIDS. Nicole, an aspiring  singer/actress, experiences frustration in both her career and  in her attempts to find a genuine love  relationship. Both characters share an eclectic group of  friends who challenge them, and the reader, to look at  themselves and the world around thern through  different eyes. By portraying Nicole's and Raymond's  joys, as well as their pain, Harris never ceases to  remind us that life, like love, is about  self-acceptance. In this vivid portrait of contemporary  black life, with all its pressures and the  complications of bisexuality, AIDS, and racism, Harris  confirms a faith in the power of love -- love of all  kinds -- to thrill and to heal, which will warm the  hearts of readers everywhere.

Just As I Am

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E. Lynn Harris

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Georgia

A Novel

E. Lynn Harris's blend of rich, romanticnbsp;nbsp;storytelling and controversial contemporary issues likenbsp;nbsp;race and bisexuality have found an enthusiastic andnbsp;nbsp;diverse audience across America. Readers celebratenbsp;nbsp;the arrival in paperback of his second novel,nbsp;nbsp;Just As I Am, which picks up wherenbsp;nbsp;Invisible Life left off,nbsp;nbsp;introducing Harris's appealing and authentic characters to anbsp;nbsp;new set of joys, conflicts, and choices. Raymond,nbsp;nbsp;a young black lawyer from the South, struggles tonbsp;nbsp;come to terms with his sexuality and with the grimnbsp;nbsp;reality of AIDS. Nicole, an aspiringnbsp;nbsp;singer/actress, experiences frustration in both her career andnbsp;nbsp;in her attempts to find a genuine lovenbsp;nbsp;relationship. Both characters share an eclectic group ofnbsp;nbsp;friends who challenge them, and the reader, to look atnbsp;nbsp;themselves and the world around thern throughnbsp;nbsp;different eyes. By portraying Nicole's and Raymond'snbsp;nbsp;joys, as well as their pain, Harris never ceases tonbsp;nbsp;remind us that life, like love, is aboutnbsp;nbsp;self-acceptance. In this vivid portrait of contemporarynbsp;nbsp;black life, with all its pressures and thenbsp;nbsp;complications of bisexuality, AIDS, and racism, Harrisnbsp;nbsp;confirms a faith in the power of love -- love of allnbsp;nbsp;kinds -- to thrill and to heal, which will warm thenbsp;nbsp;hearts of readers everywhere.

Raymond, a young black lawyer from the South, struggles to come to terms with his sexuality and AIDS, while Nicole, an aspiring actress and singer, attempts to find a genuine love relationship. By the author of Invisible Life. Reprint. 40,000 first printing. Tour.

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