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    Getting Some of Her Own
    Getting Some of Her Own
    Getting Some of Her Own
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    Getting Some of Her Own

    Written by Gwynne Forster

    Narrated by Saidah Arrika Ekulona

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    From Essence best-selling author Gwynne Forster comes a moving story of love and family. When she inherits her aunt's home, Susan Pettiford returns to North Carolina following a 16-year absence. After undergoing a hysterectomy, she seeks comfort in the arms of Lucas Hamilton. Although there is a palpable connection between the two, their fling lasts exactly one night-for Susan knows she can never provide a family, so she pushes Lucas away.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateMay 23, 2008
    ISBN9781436116497
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    Gwynne Forster

    Gwynne Forster is an Essence bestselling author and has won numerous awards for fiction, including the Gold Pen Award, the RT Book Reviews Lifetime Achievement Award. She holds a bachelor’s and master’s degrees in sociology and a master’s degree in economics/demography and has traveled and/or worked in sixty-three countries. She lives in New York with her husband.

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