A Day Late and a Dollar Short - by Terry McMillan (Paperback)

About the Book

These three classics by the phenomenal #1 "New York Times" bestselling author are given a whole new look for these trade editions, published to accompany McMillan's new Viking hardcover, "The Interruption of Everything."

Book Synopsis

"Without question, this is McMillan's best. A glorious novel....A moving tapestry of familial love and redemption."--The Washington Post

With her hallmark exuberance and a cast of characters so sassy, resilient, and full of life that they breathe, dream, and shout right off the page, Terry McMillan has given us a tour-de-force novel of family, healing, and redemption. A Day Late and a Dollar Short takes us deep into the hearts, minds, and souls of America--and gives us six more friends we never want to leave.

Review Quotes

"A glorious novel...without question, this is McMillan's best." --The Washington Post

"McMillan has the uncanny ability to render family conflict with both humor and compassion...a life-affirming read...a triumph." --The Los Angeles Times

"Touching and funny." --People

"[McMillan] in top form." --The New York Times Book Review

About the Author

Terry McMillan is the award-winning, critically acclaimed #1 New York Times bestselling author of Waiting to Exhale, Getting to Happy, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, A Day Late and a Dollar Short, The Interruption of Everything, Who Asked You?, Mama, Disappearing Acts, I Almost Forgot About You, It's Not All Downhill From Here, and the editor of Breaking Ice: An Anthology of Contemporary African-American Fiction. She lives in California.