It Was the Way She Said It: Short Stories, Essays, and Wisdom

ISBN: 0593357140

Author: McMillan, Terry

Condition: New

This stunning collection from one of the great writers on Black culture covers the gamut: aging, love, poverty, trauma and plenty of lightness in between.-PeopleFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of How Stella Got Her Groove Back and Waiting to Exhale comes a remarkable, career-spanning collection of previously published short fiction and nonfiction pieces, as well as never-before-seen works.Before Terry McMillan found success as a novelist in the early 1990s, she published provocative, boundary-pushing short stories, capturing the struggles and triumphs of Black life in America with vitality and honesty, from the workaday factory mans malaise in The End to the cast-aside lovers resolve in Touching to the elderly womans wiles in MaDear. McMillans inimitable voice bravely explores the dark corners of human relationships with compassion, humor, and nuance. This collection also features five unpublished stories that reveal how she wrestled with controversial topics rarely addressed in short fiction, from domestic abuse in Mama, Take Another Step to extreme poverty in Cant Close My Eyes to It.Whether shes revealing life lessons, pontificating about aging, recalling her sources of inspiration, or laying bare the beginnings of her life as a writer, McMillan approaches every piece with enduring candor, wit, and fearlessness.Devoted fans and new readers alike will be delighted to discover these treasures spanning McMillans long, groundbreaking career. Indeed, it wasnt only what Terry McMillan has said that made her so beloved . . . it was the way she said it.