Nappily Ever After

by Trisha R. Thomas

Nappily Series (Book 1)

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What happens when you toss tradition out the window and really start living for yourself?


Venus Johnston has a great job, a beautiful home, and a loving live-in boyfriend named Clint, who happens to be a drop-dead gorgeous doctor. She also has a weekly beauty-parlor date with Tina, who keeps Venus's long, processed hair slick and straight. But when Clint—who's been reluctant to commit over the past four years—brings home a puppy instead show more of an engagement ring, Venus decides to give it all up. She trades in her long hair for a dramatically short, natural cut and sends Clint packing.

It's a bold declaration of independence—one that has effects she never could have imagined. Reactions from friends and coworkers range from concern to contempt to outright condemnation. And when Clint moves on and starts dating a voluptuous, long-haired beauty, Venus is forced to question what she... African American Fiction. Humor (Fiction.) Literature. Fiction.
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Trisha R. Thomas lives in Seattle, Washington. (Bowker Author Biography)

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Canonical title
Nappily Ever After
Original publication date
2000-12
People/Characters
Venus Johnston
Related movies
Nappily Ever After (2018 | IMDb)

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Fiction and Literature, General Fiction
DDC/MDS
813.6Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English2000-
LCC
PS3570 .H5917 .N37Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureIndividual authors1961-
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