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Babylon Sisters: A Novel | 
| Author: Pearl Cleage
Publisher: One World/Ballantine
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 479475
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
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Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 0345456106
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780345456106
ASIN: 0345456106
Publication Date: February 28, 2006
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Product Description
Catherine Sanderson seems to have it all: a fulfilling career helping immigrant women find jobs, a lovely home, and a beautiful, intelligent daughter on her way to Smith College. What Catherine doesn’t have: a father for her child– and she’s spent many years dodging her daughter’s questions about it. Now Phoebe is old enough to start poking around on her own. It doesn’t help matters that the mystery man, B.J. Johnson–the only man Catherine has ever loved–doesn’t even know about Phoebe. He’s been living in Africa.
Now B.J., a renowned newspaper correspondent, is back in town and needs Catherine’s help cracking a story about a female slavery ring operating right on the streets of Atlanta. Catherine is eager to help B.J., despite her heart’s uncertainty over meeting him again after so long, and confessing the truth to him–and their daughter.
Meanwhile, Catherine’s hands are more than full since she’s taken on a new client. Atlanta’s legendary Miss Mandeville–a housekeeper turned tycoon–is eager to have Catherine staff her housekeeping business. But why are the steely Miss Mandeville and her all-too-slick sidekick Sam so interested in Catherine’s connection to B.J.? What transpires is an explosive story that takes her world–not to mention the entire city of Atlanta–by storm.
From the New York Times bestselling author of What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day . . . comes another fast-paced and emotionally resonant novel, by turns warm and funny, serious and raw. Pearl Cleage’s ability to create a gripping story centered on strong, spirited black women and the important issues they face remains unrivaled.
From the Hardcover edition.
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 sisters of circumstance July 17, 2008
Pearl Cleage is one of the greatest writers of our time. No one can dispute that. From plays like "Blues for an Alabama Sky" to books like Baby Brother's Blues...she can light up a page and spark your imagination. I liked Babylon Sisters...it's definitely not her strongest work. Try What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day, Some Things I Never Thought I'd Do and Baby Brother's Blues which gets 10 stars from me - each!
Also remember some of the books are sequels and it helps to read them in order! Happy Reading!
What Looks Like Crazy on An Ordinary Day
I Wish I Had a Red Dress (sequel to the above)
Some Things I Never Thought I'd Do
Baby Brother's Bluse (sequel to the above)
Babylon Sisters February 9, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Enjoyable, easy to read story about secrets and lies. Cassandra is single mother who is keeping the identity of her daughter's father a secret and is in search of job in order to pay for her daughter's college tuition. Cassandra is offered a job with Mandeville Maids and while uncovering a cover-up, guess who comes to town? Good lazy-day reading. A solid 3 star.
 A half-step above mediocrity January 17, 2008
Overall, I thought the book was pretty entertaining and interesting...but I wouldn't go as far as to say captivating. The book wasn't as suspenseful as many of the other reviewers professed, but it possessed just enough spunk to make you want to read it at a steady pace. The end was a little unrealistic and some of the dialogue was a little cliche, but it wasn't a bad read. Babylon Sisters won't go on my list of challenging reads or favorite books, but if you need to read something to pass the time, while riding the train, while laying out on the beach, etc...I'd definitely recommend it!
 She thinks her readers are dumb December 26, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Catherine is an unwed mother whose 17-year-old daughter wants to know who her father is, darn it. And if Catherine won't volunteer the info, then Phoebe will take matters into her own adolescent hands, thankyouverymuch! If my daughter pulled a stunt like what comes next in the book, I would haul her little behind home (from her exclusive boarding school, where she does whatever she pleases) and give her a good, old-fashioned whooping. The push-over mom is an annoying character, both in real life and in fiction. Grow a backbone. I don't know why this book got so many rave reviews. The first 3/4 of the book is unremarkable writing--nothing that a high-schooler couldn't have written. The last part was the best, with a nice twist or two, but nothing earth-shatteringly brilliant or anything that I will remember 2 months from now. The author has her own agenda to push, and by the end of the book, I was irritated and sick of the whole Sisterhood theme that she kept harping on, like a broken record. She was remarkably like a dog worrying a bone: she just would not let you be a smart reader; she had to keep repeating herself, just in case you were too stupid to get it the first 3 times she said something. She obviously has no confidence in the intelligence of her readers. Also in this book: a woman who rose from maid to successful businesswoman, the plight of an illegal immigrant from Haiti and an investigation about a prostitution ring. By the way, I have not found a new favorite author.
Good Story March 4, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have several of Pearl Cleage books, but have yet to read any of them until one of my book clubs pick this one for our read. I didn't finish it before our meeting, but I finished it afterward and it was a very good book. A little slow but good. I will have to read my other books by Ms. Cleage.
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