num_pages: 320
description: In the sprawling homes and upscale townhouses of the exclusive largely African American Prince Georges County the lives of five women intersectand the secrets scandals loves and losses that ensue are par for the course where power beauty and wealth reside.Barbara is the most influential woman in this swanky neighborhood but shes got her hands fullone hand is busy dealing with her husbands wandering eye while the other always needs a cocktail glass. Jolene is half of P.G. Countys number-two coupleand she desperately wants what she doesnt have: namely Barbaras husband. Pearl owns a hair salon and lives on the outskirts of the posh community with her son Kenyatta. Shes not only juggling a growing business and a bad divorce but now shes has to cope with Kenyattas less-than-ideal girlfriend. Candice is white and liberal but her daughters new beau tests her beliefsand opens a can of worms she never knew existed. Lee is a runaway teen a girl whose only connection to her father is an old photo and the belief that hes well-off and waiting for her in . . . P.G. COUNTYFrom the Trade Paperback edition.
language: English
title: P.G. County
publisher: One World/Ballantine