You Know Better A Novel

You Know Better A Novel by Tina McElroy Ansa, published by HarperCollins on April 2, 2002, is a first edition work comprising 336 pages. Set during the Peach Blossom Festival in the small town of Mulberry, Georgia, the narrative centers on the Pines women, particularly eighteen-year-old LaShawndra, who is grappling with her aspirations and mistakes. As LaShawndra seeks to escape her troubles, her mother Sandra is preoccupied with her real estate career and a local minister, leaving her grandmother Lily to search for her granddaughter in the midst of the festival.
Throughout this weekend, the three women confront their individual struggles, guided by unexpected spirits that lead them toward reconciliation and healing. The story delves into the complexities of women’s relationships, exploring themes of pain and connection. Readers will find a rich exploration of familial bonds and the transformative power of understanding, as the characters navigate their intertwined lives against the backdrop of a vibrant community event.
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It is the spring weekend of the Peach Blossom Festival in the tiny middle Georgia town of Mulberry, but things are far from sweet for the Pines women. LaShawndra, an eighteen-year-old hoochie-mama who wants nothing more out of life than to dance in a music video, has messed up…again. But this time she isn’t sticking around to hear about it.
Not that her mother seems to care; after all, Sandra is busy working on her real estate career and on the local minister. It’s LaShawndra’s grandmother, Lily, a former schoolteacher, principal, school board administrator, and highly respected cornerstone of the Mulberry community, who is scouring the streets at midnight looking for her granddaughter.
Over the course of one weekend these three disparate women, guided by a trio of unexpected spirits, will learn to face the pain in their lives and discover that with reconciliation comes the healing they all desperately seek. In this magical, deeply resonant novel, Tina McElroy Ansa goes straight to the heart of women’s relationships to reveal the soul that bonds us all.
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