What Looks Like Crazy. .
What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day, by Pearl Cleage, is a novel about Ava Johnson’s personal battles dealing with what life has dealt her; being a successful black woman, with HIV. Ava’s life is transformed when she discovers that her glitzy Atlanta lifestyle can no longer continue. She is forces to close her hair salon because of the fear of the public towards her. Her plan was vague, to stop for the summer at her sister’s, and then find a new life in California. Deciding to leave her Atlanta home and return to her childhood home of Idlewild represents her compete movement in thought and values regarding love, family, and the future. But her “temporary” stay in Idlewild became the longest year of life changing events ever. Never before have I read a book written with such smart dialog and no-boundaries frankness. Pearl Cleage is not afraid to put every thought of the character, including percepti
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Approximate Word count = 625
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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