The Itch

Name: The Itch
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Benilde Little
ISBN: 9781461811190

Author: Benilde Little

Narrator: Caroline Clay

Unabridged: 7 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/29/2011

Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Social Science, Cultural & Ethnic Studies, American, African American & Black Studies

Synopsis

“[A] nuanced, Edith Wharton–style treatment of the upper reaches of black society … [Little] is an arbiter of that insular world.”—The Washington Post Abra Lewis Dixon is the envy of the fashionable, professional women of her well-heeled social circle. She leads a charmed life—having attended all the right schools, married the right man, and started a successful film production company with her best friend, Natasha Coleman—and seems like an ambassador from the world of perfection. It is only when her impeccable marriage turns suddenly shaky that her utopia is left in pieces …

About Benilde Little

Benilde Little is the author of several books, including Good Hair, The Itch, and Acting Out. A former reporter for People and senior editor at Essence, Benilde lives in New Jersey with her husband and two children.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kim on November 24, 2015

It was ok, just really slow......more

Goodreads review by Kim G. on February 02, 2022

I first read a book by this author, so as I am reading, I wonder where this story is going. Typical husband cheats on wife fall in love with the mistress and leaves the wife devastated. A shocker happens to the wife from the husband. And the subject matter was never mentioned again in the story. It......more

Goodreads review by Kalie on February 23, 2023

Very slow and not easy to read. Could have been so much better and more drama. There almost wasn’t a plot to the story. There was so much potential with this book and almost like the author held back.......more

Goodreads review by Sedona on June 12, 2024

I don’t really remember......more

Goodreads review by Mark on May 16, 2011

Warning: Spoilers Below Benilde Little is the author of Good Hair which was made into a movie, thus hitting the daily double of writing: The Successful Book and The Movie Deal. She deserved it, she's a good writer. The Itch follows Abra and Natasha, long-time friends and partners in a Hollywood deal.......more