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Sheneska Jackson
Sheneska Jackson
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Li'l Mama RulesTitle:  Li'l Mama's Rules
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Publisher:  Simon & Schuster Trade
Date Published:  April 1998
Format:  Trade Paper
In this fresh, outspoken novel about contemporary relationships and the rules that guide (and misguide) them, Sheneska Jackson's "jazzy voice sounds smoother and sweeter than ever" ("Newsday").
BlessingsTitle:  Blessings
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Publisher:  Simon & Schuster Trade
Date Published:  April 1998

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Format:  Trade Cloth
Infused with the themes that are closest to women's hearts, Blessings presents Jackson's most absorbing, complex work yet. At the center of the novel are four vibrant women who are searching for happiness as they grapple with such difficult issues as female bonding, infertility, adoption, abortion, and child discipline.

Caught up in...Title:  Caught up in the Rapture
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Publisher:  Simon & Schuster Trade
Date Published:  June 1997
Format:  Trade Paper
In this impressive debut, 25-year-old Sheneska Jackson transports readers to South Central L.A. in a gritty, glamorous, and very real love story. Jazmine's ready to step out from under the influence of her preacher father, get discovered, and have a little fun with her outgoing friend Dakota, with whom she shares her righteous anger at men, girlfriend to girlfriend. "A dazzling kickoff novel."--Rita Mae Brown. First serial to Essence.

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People Magazine
http://www.pathfinder.com/people/960610/features/jackson.html
Inspired by a lecture given by author Terry McMillan (Waiting to Exhale), Jackson bought the Packard on credit. "I'd get up at 3 a.m., drag myself to the computer and get cranking until 7," she recalls. "Then I'd be out the door for work at 7:30." She finished a first draft in six weeks and sent it to an agent, who called her with good news only two days after submitting it to Simon & Schuster. "She told me to sit down," says Jackson. "Then she said, `How does $200,000 sound?'"

Review from Kirkus
http://members.aol.com/trena68/rapture.htm

From Kirkus Reviews , 03/01/96: A seamless, convincing, and gruelingly honest first novel, by the 25-year-old Jackson, portrays worlds known to many Americans only through the evening news.

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