A cleanup woman is a woman that is willing to do all the things the main woman refuses to do without any stipulations.

One of The New York Times Book Review's Ten Best Books of 2015 One of Jezebel's Favorite Books of 2016 A Manual for Cleaning Women compiles the best work of the legendary short-story writer Lucia Berlin. With the grit of Raymond Carver, the humor of Grace Paley, and a blend of wit and melancholy all her own, Berlin crafts miracles from the everyday, uncovering moments of grace in the Laundromats and halfway houses of the American Southwest, in the homes of the Bay Area upper class, among switchboard operators and struggling mothers, hitchhikers and bad Christians. Readers will revel in this remarkable collection from a master of the form and wonder how they'd ever overlooked her in the first place. "Perhaps, with the present collection, Lucia Berlin will begin to gain the attention she deserves." -Lydia Davis

The Cleaned-Up Woman: From the Pole to the Pulpit is a rags-to-riches story with a twist that tells the many obstacles Dalphne Reed faced growing up. Life was not fair for Dalphne from being rape, teen pregnancy, being homeless, and feeling worthless; no one loved her or cared for her. Her home life wasn't ideal: her mother showed her no love, and her father was there but did not protect her against her mother's wrath. After being kicked out in the streets, Dalphne only dreamed of love and success. When everything else fell, she decided to be successful by any means necessary and turned to the life of a stripper. Being a stripper allowed her to support herself and pay for her college tuition. She felt stuck and gave up on love because of her life as a stripper. But in the end, love found her and changed her life around completely.

Precious and Few is a lively and nostalgic look back at the forgotten era of pop that gave us "Hooked on a Feeling", "Dancing in the Moonlight", "I Am Woman", "Seasons in the Sun", and more. The early 1970s brought a "Convoy" of popular rock music--everything from cheesy to the classic. The authors of Precious and Few, Don Breithaupt and Jeff Breithaupt, true-blue '70s fanatics, have put together this irresistibly readable book to transport readers back to a time when people wore smiley-face buttons, went to singles bars, and heartily sang along with Mac Davis.Illustrations throughout.

It is the intention to get you, the readers, to examine your life look at the comparison and contrast in your history and embrace it. In hopes that you laugh a little, maybe cry, say a prayer, and even recall a friend, person who experience some stinky stuff and grew into something beautiful. Through this book, you can do a self-assessment of your current status then embrace it because all of it is working for your good. On the road to being a better you, there must be a confrontation to give way to illumination and direction. Nothing alive stays alive without leaving an impression, and nothing that dies leaves full of life in it.

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Three girlfriends with three totally different lives, or they think........Yazmin and Trey have been together for five years. Enjoying her life as a stay at home wifey, the couple is expecting a set of twins. Their life could not have been any more picture perfect, until the day that Yazmin was involved in a hit and run accident. Scared for the life of her babies, Yazmin damn near goes into shock after she attempts to call Trey only to be greeted by his wife of the past ten years......Monae and Malik have had a drama free long distance relationship for the last two years. Malik is a Marine, and is stationed in San Diego. They both have an understanding that once Monae graduates from UCLA, they will have their dream wedding. Planning an intimate surprise party just for two in his apartment, Monae discovers that she is not the only one waiting for "her" man to come home......Knowing that Devaugn is in a relationship, Nia simply don't care. He is the ideal man, and Nia is convinced that if she works hard enough, she can show him that she is all the woman that he needs. Stephanie will be a thing of the past and Devaugn can start taking care of Nia and her three children full time. Or will he.......These three friends all have one thing in common; they are really their man's chick on the side. What happens when a woman find's out that she is not her man's main course, she is only the appetizer.....