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Milk in My Coffee - by Eric Jerome Dickey (Paperback)

Milk in My Coffee - by  Eric Jerome Dickey (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>In this controversial book that made Dickey a "New York Times" bestselling author, Joe Green leaves Tennessee for Manhattan, where he gets a Wall Street job and finds a funny, feisty white girl who starts his heart racing. For a man with Malcolm X's picture hanging on his wall, that's a definite problem.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>From Eric Jerome Dickey comes the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling book that stirred up controversy with its bold portrayal of racial identity and subtle understanding of sexual intimacy. </b> <p/>Jordan Greene is in culture shock when he arrives in Manhattan from his Tennessee hometown. Still, he manages to keep the pace and stay in the race, with a Wall Street job, a Queens apartment, and a very sexy girlfriend named J'nette. <p/>But when Jordan meets Kimberly Chavers, what starts as a shared cab ride turns into something more. This girl is funny, fiesty, fine...and white. And for a man with Malcolm X's picture hanging on his office wall, that's a definite problem.... <p/>This brightly entertaining and emotionally complex novel demonstrates why Eric Jerome Dickey was "one of the most successful Black authors of the last quarter-century" (<i>The New York Times</i>).<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>Milk in My Coffee is the book that stirred up controversy and got readers talking...and laughing...and passionately debating...about Eric Jerome Dickey's bold portrait of racial identity and subtle understanding of sexual intimacy. It's the book that made Dickey a New York Times bestselling author and is the third in a string of consecutive #1 Blackboard bestsellers.<P>Jordan Greene was in culture shock when he arrived in Manhattan from his Tennessee hometown. It seemed like rush hour lasted twenty-four hours a day -- but he managed to keep the pace and stay in the race, with a Wall Street job, a Queens apartment, and a very sexy girlfriend named J'nette.<P>But when Jordan meets Kimberly Chavers, what really starts racing is his heart. This girl is funny, feisty, fine . . . and white. And for a man with Malcolm X's picture hanging on his office wall, that's a definite problem. . . .<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><b>Praise for <i>Milk in My Coffee</i></b> <p/>"Dickey fills his novel with twists and turns that keep the reader guessing....Along the way, he smashes one stereotype after another."--<i>USA Today</i> <p/>"Frothy and fun...Dickey scores."--<i>Essence</i> <p/>"Dickey demonstrates once again...his cheerful, wittily acerbic eye for the troubles that plague lovers."--<i>Publishers Weekly</i> <p/>"Dickey is just as adept at giving voice to female characters as he is to males."--<i>New York Daily News</i> <p/>"Dickey has surpassed himself...sensitive yet realistic."--<i>Library Journal</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Eric Jerome Dickey </b>(1961-2021) was the award-winning and <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of twenty-nine novels, as well as a six-issue miniseries of graphic novels featuring Storm (<i>X-Men</i>) and the Black Panther. His novel <i>Sister, Sister</i> was honored as one of <i>Essence</i>'s "50 Most Impactful Black Books of the Last 50 Years," and <i>A Wanted Woman</i> won the NAACP Image Award in the category of Outstanding Literary Work in 2014. His most recent novels include <i>The Blackbirds</i>, <i>Finding Gideon</i>, <i>Bad Men and Wicked Women</i>, <i>Before We Were Wicked</i>, <i>The Business of Lovers</i>, and <i>The Son of Mr. Suleman</i>.

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