THE SEASONS OF BEENTO BLACKBIRD by Akosua Busia Little, Brown Co., First Edition, 1996 Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket "Akosua Busia has written a beautiful novel, convincing, vivid, compelling" - Larry McMurtry, author of LONESOME DOVE. This is the first novel of the Ghana-born author, who is probably better known as an actress (such as Celie's sister Nettie in The Color Purple). Only slight wear on the book and jacket, though there's a mark on the bottom page edges near the spine (remainder mark?)