The Itch A Novel

From the author of the smashing debut bestsellerGood HaircomesThe Itch,the stirring story of a crisis-torn woman who discovers a depth of character and a sense of self she never knew she possessed.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.

Benilde Little is the author of the critically praised and best-selling novel Good Hair, which was selected as one of the best ten books of 1996 by the Los Angeles Times. A former reporter for People and senior editor at Essence, she lives in the suburbs of New York City with her husband and their young daughter.