Disappearing Acts by Terry McMillan (1951- ) - 1987

384 pages. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 3/4") bound quarter black cloth with silver lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. Signed by the author on the title. First edition. McMillan's second novel. He was tall, dark as bittersweet chocolate, and impossibly gorgeous, with a woman-melting smile. She was pretty and independent, petite and not too skinny, just his type. Franklin Swift was a sometimes-employed construction worker, and a not-quite-divorced daddy of two. Zora Banks was a teacher, singer, songwriter. They met in a Brooklyn brownstone, and there could be no walking away. In this funny, gritty urban love story, Franklin and Zora join the ranks of fiction s most compelling couples, as they move from Scrabble to sex, from layoffs to the limits of faith and trust. Disappearing Acts is about the mystery of desire and the burdens of the past. It s about respect, what it can and can t survive. And it s about the safe and secret places that only love can find. Condition: Near fine in like jacket.