Crave

by Darnella Ford

Book Overview

Dear Jesus, Gerry didn't work out because Gerry didn't work. And after spending one night in complete darkness because "pretty didn't pay the light bill," Gerry and I broke up and are no longer... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312304072
• ISBN13: 9780312304072
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Enough to Satisfy any craving

I was totally blown away by the lyrical style of Ms. Ford's writing. What a book, what a story, what a writer. Reading this book was almost like reading an extended spoken word piece. Her flow is remarkable. I almost fell in love with the main character,Michael Morgan (a female). I felt all of her angst and lonliness and wanted to take her into my arms and comfort her, remove her pain and let her know that she was worthy. But of course the answers to her problems needed to come from inside. Isn't that the mark of a good story? Characters and a story line that pull you in and make you laugh, cry, celebrate and commiserate with them? If that is true, then this author has written an excellent book. Crave is like a modern day Greek Tragedy and I feel in the years to come it will be held in such a regard. Ms. Ford has quickly moved onto the list of my new favorite authors and I believe will soon be a staple on the list of my favorite lyrical authors EJD and Colin Channer. If you haven't read Crave and you are into the WAY an author puts a story together I highly recomend this book.

Crave satsified my craving

Now, I'm not going to sit here and depict the whole book to you. If you want that well, read the book!I picked this book up at a convention in Atlanta that was full of different vendors catering to the African-American community. It was only $8 so I figured, why not? I must say I am hooked on Darnella Ford's writing style. The novel is written with a poetic edge to it. She takes a simple sentence or scene and weaves it into something magical. Ford takes us into Michele's (the narrator)mind so we feel every emotion she is feeling in the very depths of our own soul. I just so happened to start the book after getting out of a relationship myself. I am a college freshman and hearing about all my friends having casual sex was (and still is) astonishing. After reading the novel, I am able to understand "casual sex" from Michele's point of view and how she ended up basing her life on it. I still do not believe in casual sex and the novel shows you what can end upo to you as a person if you get caught up in it.

Craving Love In All The Wrong Places

Crave by Darnella Ford is the story of a lonely soul seeking love and acceptance in all the wrong places. Michael was never really taught the meaning of true love. As a child, her only source of true unconditional love was her father Sergio. Colleen, Michael's mother was a self-absorbed woman who in polite circles would be considered eccentric and a bit crazy. She spent most of her marriage and Michael's childhood seeking constant attention from her husband and perfection that can only be found on a movie screen. Colleen's constant nagging and need for perfection eventually drove her husband away from the entire family leaving Michael alone to seek the love she craved but could never find in a dysfunctional household. Michael is introduced to sex at a young age by a scene she secretly witnessed between her babysitter and the babysitter's boyfriend. She carries away from this event the belief that you can give sexy and receive love in return. It is this belief that takes her through puberty, straight to an adulthood filled promiscuity, shaky friendships, and bad decisions. Michael's pattern of bad decision-making eventually leads her to Eddie, the first man to seemingly know and understand her. It is in her relationship with Eddie that we see how far Michael is willing to go in her search for the love she craves. Crave is the tragic but classic story of a woman seeking love in all the wrong places. However, Darnella Ford has made her version of this classic story stand out from the rest. Ford's writing flows like poetry, drawing you into the story from page one. She takes you into the inner thoughts of our heroine, making Michael real by allowing her to tell this story in her own unique fashion. Ford also creates a strong cast of supporting characters but keeps them in line with the story by allowing Michael to explain their importance in the story of her life. I could not put Crave down. Michael and her search for a love and acceptance captured me from the very beginning. I understood her loneliness for in my own way I have been there. I felt her pain and confusion because I could relate it to my own experiences. I recommend this book to anyone seeking quality writing and a story that touches emotional strings. Dee-Dee R.E.A.L. Reviewers

What exactly is love

What exactly is love and to what extent do some of us go to get it? Darnella Ford addresses this question in Crave, shows the frailty of the human need to love and to be loved. It is a some what dark story of a woman who missed out on love and affection as a child and how it affects her when she gets older, basically leaving her with a craving to be loved, suffering from illusions of normality, and a low self-esteem that controls her decisions. Michael Morgan is confused about life and love and is convinced that through her sexual exploits she can find a man who will give her the love she seeks. Almost in a daze and going from man to man, she doesn't quite grasp that love cannot be found between the sheets. Because of this, she sets herself up for constant heartbreak, pain and misery. While the trauma of her situation should eventually wake her up from her actions, she can't release the yearning she has inside. Just when she is at her lowest, she meets a wonderful white man who she's not so sure about initially, but then she ends up falling for him -- falling in the worse way. It is the way that Michael is known for falling for men (hard and quick) in an unending cycle on her search to love. The characters, both protagonists and antagonists were well-defined and yet vague when needed, offering a perfect balance to this disturbing, yet sometimes funny book. I especially liked the interactions between Michael and her two best friends in the book, both of whom are suffering with their own issues of drug addiction and homosexuality. Poetic and dramatic, Crave is a relationship novel, yet it crosses the line into something more and stands out on its own. Addressing the issues of self-worth and mental illness with the normal story lines of other relationship novels made this book more alive, more focused, and more set on bringing the lessons home. By: Dela Williams SistaGirl Book Club Reviewers sistagirlbookclub.com

Wow! I could not put this down...

I had the pleasure of meeting Ms. Ford and seeing her perform several years ago at a writer's celebration. She was truly inspirational and I picked up her first novel, Rising. Crave? I read this book in 2 days. Just could not put it down. You know a book is good when you find yourself marking sections that stand out. The writing is absolutely poetic and powerful. Some passages were haunting, piercing and Ms. Ford writes in such a way the reader feels as if she is speaking directly to him/her. Everyone has experienced craving at some point in life. Michael was a character that carried such sadness in her, and her search for love is filled with more twists and turns than a rollercoaster. Ford pulls her readers into a world where you find yourself praying for brighter days with each turn of page. The theme is certainly universal. Wanting love and the things some people will do (good and bad) to try and capture it. I highly recommend CRAVE. Just be prepared to be up because I guarantee once you get into it, this book won't be easy to put down. Continued success to you, Ms. Ford and I look forward to your next book. Peace*blessings. CLB.