Little Black Girl Lost
by Keith L. Johnson
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Author: Keith L. JohnsonBrand: Urban Books
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-01
ISBN: 0974702552
Number of pages: 324
Publisher: Urban Books
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- ISBN13: 9780974702551
- Condition: New
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Book Review: A gem found
Summary: 5 Stars
Keith Lee Johnson's latest, Little Black Girl Lost, a drama set in the 1950s that departs from the thriller genre for which he's previously written, still manages to combine all of the aspects that made Sugar & Spice and Pretenses such enjoyable reads. Taut. Suspenseful. A balance of funny one liners and serious social issues. And, a fully fleshed out female lead, in Johnnie Wise, for which to root. Johnnie is but fifteen years old when her own mother notices her voluptuous body and the dollar signs that thick frame can generate. Sadly, Johnnie's mother does a sex-for-cash exchange with a white insurance man, giving him Johnnie and her prized virginity for greenbacks. At first broken by the experience, Johnnie eventually, no pun intended, wises up to the posibilities of her situation. Already damaged, she decides to use her body, and the hypnotic effect it has over men, for her own gain. And gain she does. House. Car. Stocks, yes stocks. But material things can't compensate for love or self-respect, and when Johnnie finds herself struggling for a real relationship, while balancing this seedy lifestyle, she knows the ball is about to drop. How about plummet. Johnson introduces a surprise murder, a nasty gangster with a gaze set on Johnnie, and various other bumps in the road to the second half of this novel. All of which propels the tight plot to a breathtaking, and powerful, end. Johnson knows how to tell a compelling story. LBGL is just the latest proof. Also check out the aforementioned Sugar & Spice and Pretenses.
Summary of Little Black Girl Lost
Johnnie Wise was just fifteen years old when her mother sold her virginity to an unscrupulous white insurance man named Earl Shamus. Stunningly beautiful, with long naturally wavy black hair, she possessed the voluptuous body of a thirty-year-old woman. Her skin was the color of brown sugar. Johnnie had heard about Earl Shamus and his escapades among the poor black women in New Orleans. But what she didn?t know was that Shamus had quietly made several of the girls in their neighborhood his reluctant concubines when their youthful bodies ripened?she was next.Enter 1950?s New Orleans, a world of betrayal, envy, lust and murder, where everyone has ulterior motives. Take a peek at Johnnie Wise, a 15-year-old girl, being pursued by ruthless crime boss, Napoleon Bentley, who will stop at nothing to have this young beauty. Little Girl Lost will shock you right up to the very end with its revealing truths.
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