Just As I Am
By (Author) E. Lynn Harris
Little, Brown Book Group
Sphere
24th August 1998
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
813.54
Paperback
384
Width 126mm, Height 198mm
Beauty queen turned actress Nicole Springer is recovering from the deaths of her father and her best friend, and is healing after the discovery that her boyfriend Raymond Tyler was having an affair - with another man. Her path to happiness leads to a starring role in Broadway and a relationship with a white Jewish doctor.
But the past cannot be forgotten. Though Raymond's career as a lawyer has taken him south to Atlanta, he must return to New York City when their mutual friend Kyle falls sick with AIDS. Continuing the soap-opera saga begun in INVISIBLE LIFE, E. Lynn Harris's new novel deals with themes of race, family and sexuality with wit, humour and compassion*'Harris is a wonderful writer. His romantic scenes, whether between men and women or men and men, are always touching' SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
E Lynn Harris is a former computer sales executive with IBM and a graduate of the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville. INVISIBLE LIFE and JUST AS I AM were nominated for Outstanding African-American Novel by the American Booksellers Association Blackboard List.