A family affair
By: ReShonda Tate Billingsley
Edition: First Gallery Books trade paperback edition.
Publisher: Gallery Books
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
ISBN-13: 9781451639698; 9781451639711
Subjects: Young women; Fiction; African Americans; Self-realization in women; Family secrets
Description: Olivia Dawson gave up her dream of studying dance at Julliard to care for her ailing mother in the Houston housing projects. But when her mother learns that Olivia is sacrificing college for her, her heartache triggers a series of shattering events that result in Olivia discovering her father, a man she was told had died years ago.  But he is alive and well, and he's the powerful CEO of one of the country's richest corporations.  Olivia seeks him out, looking for answers. But  opening the past is more complicated than she or her father expected, and they find that the pain of yesterday's sins must be confronted before true healing and a bright tomorrow can begin.
Notes: Includes questions and topics for discussion.