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Parks' latest and most controversial work.

Biography

Pearl Cleage, author of the Oprah favorite What Looks like Crazy on an Ordinary Day, praised Suzan-Lori Parks and her debut novel, Getting Mother's Body: "With a playwright s ear, a novelist s eye, and a passionate appreciation for the complex magic of everyday women, Suzan-Lori Parks spins a story whose characters are as mysterious and sexy as lace curtains billowing at the bedroom window."

Pearl Cleage, author of the Oprah favorite What Looks like Crazy on an Ordinary Day, praised Suzan-Lori Parks and her debut novel, Getting Mother's Body: "With a playwright s ear, a novelist s eye, and a passionate appreciation for the complex magic of everyday women, Suzan-Lori Parks spins a story whose characters are as mysterious and sexy as lace curtains billowing at the bedroom window."