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My fine lady : a novel / Yolanda Joe.

Joe, Yolanda. (Author).

Summary:

Talented, ambitious, and just twenty-two years old, Imani is surrounded by men with advice about her singing career. Her father, who owns a struggling nightclub, sees Imani{s future as a chance to fulfill his own failed dreams. Her boyfriend, Taz, is determined to become a mega-producer, with Imani{s street rapping as his ticket to fame. But Professor Orenthal Hopson, who teaches in the music department of a historically black college, has his own designs on her: he struck a bet with a colleague requiring him to transform Imani from a hip-hop hopeful into a traditional jazz singer. Like a modern-day Eliza Doolittle, Imani finds herself caught up in a musical makeover that causes her to question who she really wants to become. As Professor Hopson begins to sweep her off her feet, she also has to decide whether to stand by Taz, the man she{s cared about since childhood, or let herself fall for the dashing intellectual.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0525948082
  • ISBN: 9780525948087
  • Physical Description: xvi, 221 pages ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Dutton, [2004]
Subject:
African American women singers > Fiction.
Teacher-student relationships > Fiction.
African American families > Fiction.
Fathers and daughters > Fiction.
Voice teachers > Fiction.
Young women > Fiction.
Genre:
Urban fiction.
Coming-of-age fiction
Fiction.

Available copies

  • 4 of 4 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

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