Dancing on the Edge of the Roof: a Novel (the Basis for the Film Juanita)

Name: Dancing on the Edge of the Roof: a Novel (the Basis for the Film Juanita)
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ISBN: 9780345459305

ISBN-10: 034545930X

ISBN-13: 9780345459305

Edition: N/A

Authors: Sheila Williams

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At forty-one, Juanita Lewis is running away from home, courtesy of a one-way ticket to Montana, a place that seems about as far away from the violence and poverty of the Columbus, Ohio, projects as the moon. She wants adventure and excitement–if such things exist for a pre-menopausal African American woman with three grown, deadbeat children. Juanita’s new life in Paper Moon, Montana, begins at a local diner where a culinary face-off with chef and owner Jess Gardiner finds Juanita in front of Jess’s stove serving up home cookin’ that lures the townsfolk like a magic spell. And suddenly Juanita, who was just passin’ through, now has a job by popular demand. Out here in this wide-open…

Book details

List price: $15.00
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 10/29/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.55" wide x 8.27" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English