The Itch

"[A] nuanced, Edith Wharton-style treatment of the upper reaches of black society...[Little] is an arbiter of that insular world." --The Washington PostAbra Lewis Dixon is the envy of the fashionable, professional women of her well-heeled social circle. She leads a charmed life--having attended all the right schools, married the right man, and started a successful film production company with her best friend, Natasha Coleman--and seems like an ambassador from the world of perfection. It is only when her impeccable marriage turns suddenly shaky that her utopia is left in pieces...

Author: Benilde Little
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 06/09/1999
Pages: 290
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.01h x 5.27w x 0.67d
ISBN: 9780684854304

Review Citation(s):
Ingram Advance 06/01/1999 pg. 68 - Best Of The Best/Highly Recommended

About the Author
Benilde Little is the bestselling author of the novels Good Hair (selected as one of the ten best books of 1996 by the Los Angeles Times), The Itch, Acting Out, and Who Does She Think She Is? A former reporter for People and senior editor at Essence, she lives in Montclair, New Jersey, with her husband. Follower her on Twitter and Instagram @BenildeLittle and read her blog, Welcome to My Breakdown, at BenildeLittle.Wordpress.com.