Red Light Wives
Oct 2010 · Kensington Publishing Corp.
4.9star
15 reviews
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From New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe comes a powerful novel about the hopes, dreams, laughter--and limits--of six unique women surviving on the streets of San Francisco. . .
They're about as different as six women can be--haughty and humble, beautiful and plain, young and not-so-young, black, white, Latina, and origins unknown. But aside from a gift for laughing hardship in the face, they have one very important thing in common--Clyde Brooks. You might say that Clyde is their "manager." And you might say that Lula Mae, Ester, Megan, Rosalee, Helen, and Rockelle are colleagues--in the world's oldest profession. Clyde likes to refer to them as his "wives."
Maybe it's their love for the high life--and for each other--that makes the bond between Clyde's ladies so unbreakable. Maybe it's their private demons that keep them so loyal to Clyde--or so he thinks. For hard as they try to distract themselves, nothing can quell the women's longing for a life free from Clyde and what he represents--until one daring act of defiance changes everything. . .
Praise for Mary Monroe
"Reminiscent of Zora Neale Hurston." --Publishers Weekly
"Watch out Toni Morrison, there is a new sister in town." --Rapport
"Mary Monroe is a masterful storyteller." --Philadelphia Inquirer
They're about as different as six women can be--haughty and humble, beautiful and plain, young and not-so-young, black, white, Latina, and origins unknown. But aside from a gift for laughing hardship in the face, they have one very important thing in common--Clyde Brooks. You might say that Clyde is their "manager." And you might say that Lula Mae, Ester, Megan, Rosalee, Helen, and Rockelle are colleagues--in the world's oldest profession. Clyde likes to refer to them as his "wives."
Maybe it's their love for the high life--and for each other--that makes the bond between Clyde's ladies so unbreakable. Maybe it's their private demons that keep them so loyal to Clyde--or so he thinks. For hard as they try to distract themselves, nothing can quell the women's longing for a life free from Clyde and what he represents--until one daring act of defiance changes everything. . .
Praise for Mary Monroe
"Reminiscent of Zora Neale Hurston." --Publishers Weekly
"Watch out Toni Morrison, there is a new sister in town." --Rapport
"Mary Monroe is a masterful storyteller." --Philadelphia Inquirer
Ratings and reviews
4.9
15 reviews
Candace
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January 2, 2018
Always have been a long time fan of Mary Monroe. I love this book this was actually my second time reading it. I wish she'd write a sequel
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Linda Whitehead
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January 4, 2020
I Love Annette and Rhoda they are too much drama, Jade ia a hot mess
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Elizabeth Walker
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December 27, 2018
good story
About the author
Mary Monroe is the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of twenty-five novels and six novellas. She is a three-time AALBC bestseller and winner of the AAMBC Maya Angelou Lifetime Achievement Award, the PEN/Oakland Josephine Miles Award, and the J. California Cooper Memorial Award. The daughter of Alabama sharecroppers, she taught herself how to write before going on to become the first and only member of her family to finish high school. She lives in Oakland, California, and loves to hear from her readers via e-mail at Authorauthor5409@aol.com. Visit Mary’s website at MaryMonroe.org.
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