A Day Late and a Dollar Short
by Terry McMillan
Taste attributes: dramafamilycomedyrealisticlinearenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiphuman spirit/resilience/survivalunlikely connections
Boxlist takeA grounded, small-scale novel, otherwise balanced. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
About This Book
"Las Vegas, 1994. The Prices are introduced by Viola, the family's outspoken matriarch: Her husband, Cecil, has shut the door behind him for the last time; and their four adult kids, scattered across the country, seem determined to send her to her grave, or at least to the hospital with worrying.
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- Author
- Terry McMillan
- Published
- 2000
- Pages
- 431
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- Open Library
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