Believing in Magic
Subtitle: my story of love, overcoming adversity, and keeping the faith
By: Cookie Johnson with Denene Millner
Contributors: Millner, Denene, author
Edition: First Howard Books hardcover edition.
Publisher: Howard Books
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9781501125157; 9781501137563
Subjects: Marriage; Family; Basketball players; Athletes' spouses; HIV-positive men; Health; Psychological aspects; Family relationships; HIV infections; Biography
Description: "In her poignant and intensely personal memoir, Cookie Johnson, wife of NBA icon Earvin 'Magic' Johnson, speaks for the first time about how her husband's 1991 HIV diagnosis sent her life and marriage into a frightening new direction"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Subtitle from cover.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: Meeting Magic; title: Courting Earvin; title: An uneasy alliance; title: The runaway groom; title: Saying "I do"; title: Standing by my man; title: A new season; title: EJ's freedom; title: All in the family : adopting Elisa; title: The truth about basketball wives; title: In this life together.