Someone to Catch My Drift.by Jacqueline Powell, Warner Books, March 2002 $23.95, ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 0-446-52748-3 Dense yet substantive, Someone to Catch My Drift tells the story of Nikai Parker, a sharp tongued Noun 1. sharp tongue - a bitter or critical manner of speaking tongue - a manner of speaking; "he spoke with a thick tongue"; "she has a glib tongue" , 20-something and her relationship with Robert, a fireman with a roving eye. Alternating between Robert and Nikai in each chapter, Powell is especially adept at speaking from a man's perspective. While Someone to Catch My Drift centers around a relationship between a man and a woman, it is in many ways about Nikai's relationship with herself. Between the dialogue and difficult scenes--the strained relationship with her mother and her competitive sister, drama on the job, and friendships that come and go-at the heart of Someone to Catch My Drift is the story of a woman in transition from girlhood to womanhood wom·an·hood n. 1. The state or time of being a woman. 2. The composite of qualities thought to be appropriate to or representative of women. 3. . Eventually, Nikai's liberation appears when she lets go of her processed hair, listens to her inner voice and begins to tell the truth. Woven A woven is a cloth formed by weaving. It only stretches in the Bias directions (between the warp and weft directions), unless the threads are elastic. Woven cloth usually frays at the edges, unless measures are taken to counter this, such as the use of pinking shears or hemming. in and out of the story are small bits of spiritual wisdom: "If ought faith. And lost the battle every time... Faith to keep pushing; to make wise decisions, and, most of all to believe that I wasn't ever alone." Yet it's not all "new age" Iyanla Vanzant. Nikai is hilarious too. When talking about a night at the dub, she muses, "I let that fine stallion stallion 1. an entire male horse aged 4 years and over. 2. in UK, applied to a male donkey (jack). stallion ring see stallion ring. teaser stallion stallion used to detect those mares which are in estrus. freak me like it was New Year's Eve 1999." --Angela Bronner is a freelance writer living in Harlem. |
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