Diamonds and Pearl (48 page)

 

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CONTENTS

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Acknowledgments

Part I: When the Levees Broke

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Part II: Kingdom of Stone

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Part III: A Swarm of Locusts

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty-One

Chapter Twenty-Two

Chapter Twenty-Three

Chapter Twenty-Four

Chapter Twenty-Five

Chapter Twenty-Six

Part IV: Damage Control

Chapter Twenty-Seven

Chapter Twenty-Eight

Chapter Twenty-Nine

Chapter Thirty

Chapter Thirty-One

Chapter Thirty-Two

Chapter Thirty-Three

Chapter Thirty-Four

Chapter Thirty-Five

Part V: Love and Consequences

Chapter Thirty-Six

Chapter Thirty-Seven

Chapter Thirty-Eight

Chapter Thirty-Nine

Chapter Forty

Chapter Forty-One

Chapter Forty-Two

Chapter Forty-Three

Chapter Forty-Four

Chapter Forty-Five

Chapter Forty-Six

Epilogue

Also by K'wan

About the Author

Copyright

 

This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.

DIAMONDS AND PEARL.
Copyright © 2016 by K'Wan. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin's Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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Cover design by Ervin Serrano

Cover photographs: woman © Beauty BlowFlow / Shutterstock; title type © Doctor Letters / Shutterstock; cityscape © Stuart Monk / Shutterstock; man © Susan Chiang / Getty Images

The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

Names: K'wan, author.

Title: Diamonds and Pearl / K'wan.

Description: First edition. | New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 2016.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016021589 | ISBN 978-1-250-10261-4 (trade paperback) | ISBN 978-1-250-10262-1 (e-book)

Subjects: LCSH: Man-woman relationships—Fiction. | African Americans—Fiction. | Street life—Fiction. | Urban fiction. | BISAC: FICTION / African American / Urban Life. | FICTION / Urban Life.

Classification: LCC PS3606.O96 D53 2016 | DDC 813/.6—dc23

LC record available at
https://lccn.loc.gov/2016021589

e-ISBN 9781250102621

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First Edition: October 2016