This is a work of fiction. All characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious, and any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental.

LILIANE: RESURRECTION OF THE DAUGHTER. Copyright © 1994 by Ntozake Shange. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Shange, Ntozake.

Liliane / Ntozake Shange.

p. cm.

ISBN: 978-1-4299-1351-5

1. Afro-American women artists—New York (N.Y.)—Fiction. 2. Psychotherapist and patient—New York (N.Y.)—Fiction. 3. Young women—New York (N.Y.)—Fiction. 4. Afro-Americans—Mississippi—Fiction. 5. Queens (New York, N.Y.)—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3569.H3324L55     1994

813'.54—dc20

94-26107
CIP