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First Edition. |
| Description |
327 pages ; 21 cm |
| Summary |
"Hold You Down is an edgy novel from rising star Tracy Brown about the perils of love and the ties that bind... New York City. Late 1980s to early 1990s. Mercy and Lenox Howard have always only had each other. Growing up on the mean streets of Harlem with an absentee mother meant that they had to have each other's backs. Now young, smart mothers they are determined to survive in New York City while raising their two sons, who have bright futures ahead of them. Mercy is the quiet, straight laced hospital administrator, struggling to make ends meet. At night and on weekends, she pours her heart into her cooking and her dream of owning her own restaurant. Lenox is the diva, the wild child, looking for excitement and her big come up in life and love. Their boys, Deon and Judah, have been raised more like brothers than cousins, forging a bond that is unbreakable. When Lenox heads down a path that she believes will bring success and power, it changes the entire course of her life and her family's life forever. As a result of their mother's choices, cousins Deon and Judah soon find themselves in uncharted territory"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Sisters -- Fiction.
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Mothers and sons -- Fiction.
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African Americans -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Domestic fiction.
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Urban fiction.
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novels. (CStmoGRI)aatgf300202580
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Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Novels. (OCoLC)fst01921742
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Novels.
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Fiction.
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| ISBN |
9781250834935 (trade paperback) |
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1250834937 (trade paperback) |
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9781250834942 (ebook) |
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