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One Woman Short
L.A. native Rodney Hampton is a pro at juggling women. He and his best friend, Timothy Waters, spent many years scoping out honeys and macking coeds. But when Tim gets married, Rodney begins to wonder if his ailing mother is right -- is he really one woman short? After compiling a list of ex-girlfriends, he sets out in search of three missed chances at matrimony. The question Will anyone of the trio let this "love 'em and leave 'em" man back into her life? L.A. native Rodney Hampton is a pro at juggling women. He and his best friend, Timothy Waters, spent many years scoping out honeys and macking coeds. But when Tim gets married, Rodney begins to wonder if his ailing mother is right -- is he really one woman short? After compiling a list of ex-girlfriends, he sets out in search of three missed chances at matrimony. The question Will anyone of the trio let this "love 'em and leave 'em" man back into her life?
256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published June 8, 2000
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Nelson George
75 books117 followersNelson George is an author, filmmaker, television producer, and critic with a long career in analyzing and presenting the diverse elements of African-American culture.
Queen Latifah won the Golden Globe for playing the lead in his directorial debut, the HBO movie 'Life Support'. The critically acclaimed drama looked at the effects of HIV on a troubled black family in his native Brooklyn, New York. He recently co-edited, with Alan Leeds, 'The James Brown Reader (Plume)', a collection of previously published articles about the Godfather of Soul that date as far back the late '50s. Plume published the book in May '08.
He is an executive producer on two returning cable shows: the third season of BET's American Gangster and the fifth airing of VH1's Hip Hop Honors. George is the executive producer of the Chris Rock hosted feature documentary, Good Hair, a look at hair weaves, relaxers and the international black hair economy that's premiering at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.
Nelson George serves as host of Soul Cities, a travel show that debuted in November 2008. on VH1 Soul. Nelson visited Los Angeles, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Memphis, New Orleans and the Bay Area. He eats food, visits historic sites, and hears lots of music. LaBelle, Robin Thicke, Babyface, Rafael Saadiq, Angie Stone and Jazmine Sullivan are among the many artists who talked with Nelson and perform. The second season starts shooting in Spring 2009.
Throughout the '80s and '90s George was an columnist for Billboard magazine and the Village Voice newspaper, work that led him to write a series of award winning black music histories: 'Where Did Our Love Go: The Rise and Fall of the Motown Sound'; 'The Death of Rythm & Blues'; and 'Hip Hop America'. He won a Grammy for his contribution to the linear notes package on the James Brown 'Star Time' boxed set. George co-wrote 'Life and Def', the autobiography of his old friend Russell Simmons. He's also had a career writing fiction, including the bestselling 'One Woman Short', and the story, 'It's Never Too Late in New York', which has been in several anthologies of erotica.
As a screenwriter George co-wrote 'Strictly Business', which starred Halle Berry, and 'CB4', a vehicle for Chris Rock. His work with Rock led to his involvement with 'The Chris Rock Show', an Emmy award winning HBO late night series. He was an executive producer of Jim McKay's film, 'Everyday People', which premiered at the Sundance festival, and Todd Williams' Peabody award winning documentary 'The N Word'. In 2009 Viking will publish his memoir, 'City Kid', a look at the connections between childhood in Brooklyn and his adult career in Manhattan, Los Angeles and Detroit.
Queen Latifah won the Golden Globe for playing the lead in his directorial debut, the HBO movie 'Life Support'. The critically acclaimed drama looked at the effects of HIV on a troubled black family in his native Brooklyn, New York. He recently co-edited, with Alan Leeds, 'The James Brown Reader (Plume)', a collection of previously published articles about the Godfather of Soul that date as far back the late '50s. Plume published the book in May '08.
He is an executive producer on two returning cable shows: the third season of BET's American Gangster and the fifth airing of VH1's Hip Hop Honors. George is the executive producer of the Chris Rock hosted feature documentary, Good Hair, a look at hair weaves, relaxers and the international black hair economy that's premiering at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.
Nelson George serves as host of Soul Cities, a travel show that debuted in November 2008. on VH1 Soul. Nelson visited Los Angeles, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Memphis, New Orleans and the Bay Area. He eats food, visits historic sites, and hears lots of music. LaBelle, Robin Thicke, Babyface, Rafael Saadiq, Angie Stone and Jazmine Sullivan are among the many artists who talked with Nelson and perform. The second season starts shooting in Spring 2009.
Throughout the '80s and '90s George was an columnist for Billboard magazine and the Village Voice newspaper, work that led him to write a series of award winning black music histories: 'Where Did Our Love Go: The Rise and Fall of the Motown Sound'; 'The Death of Rythm & Blues'; and 'Hip Hop America'. He won a Grammy for his contribution to the linear notes package on the James Brown 'Star Time' boxed set. George co-wrote 'Life and Def', the autobiography of his old friend Russell Simmons. He's also had a career writing fiction, including the bestselling 'One Woman Short', and the story, 'It's Never Too Late in New York', which has been in several anthologies of erotica.
As a screenwriter George co-wrote 'Strictly Business', which starred Halle Berry, and 'CB4', a vehicle for Chris Rock. His work with Rock led to his involvement with 'The Chris Rock Show', an Emmy award winning HBO late night series. He was an executive producer of Jim McKay's film, 'Everyday People', which premiered at the Sundance festival, and Todd Williams' Peabody award winning documentary 'The N Word'. In 2009 Viking will publish his memoir, 'City Kid', a look at the connections between childhood in Brooklyn and his adult career in Manhattan, Los Angeles and Detroit.
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May 24, 2007
Pool read.
September 18, 2020
A great book, romantic hunting from a mans standpoint not a skewed feminist one. Men are interested in longterm relationships. According to mens code we don't guide each other due to the illustration of weakness and lack of independence as a man rising who should be aware but may be socially inept or missing verbal and physical cues, hints and what's not said.
January 1, 2019
this book so awesome it talk about woman and in another page it's said that woman short skinny my sister so this book is so awesome!😁😁😁😁😁
October 25, 2012
"One Woman Short" by Nelson George
This book is about a 32 year old man named Rodney Hampton. Rodney has it all, he is a well organized buisness man , a very popular publicist in Los Angeles , and he makes very good money at what he does. Rodney owns his own publishing company called Hampton Media. So think of all those things , and add the fact that he is a lady's man. The problem is , Rodney has dealt with too many women and has had many relationships with many women (133 to be exact). After he witnessed his long time best friend Tim Waters get married to a women named Bernice Wilson, he finally decides that he wants to settle down with one female. Along with the support of Tim and Bernice, Rodney's mother Rebe ,his sister Roberta, and his friend Merry Washington also support his decision as well. While making this decision Rodney is currently in a on and off relationship with Bernice's best friend Caron. Rodney decided to part ways with Caron and move on. Rodney realizes that he hurt so many woman and made a list of names that he dated in the past. Now out of that list of 133 names , only 3 stuck out to Rodney. Those names were Sebina Daniels, Amy Davis , and Belinda Williams. Rodney decides to test to see if one of these women is the one for him. Unfortunatley , all 3 attempts were failures. Amy Davis had let got into her life and she is a completely changed woman and will not go back to the past. Rodney and Amy clearly have had issues and they both decided just to move on from eachother. Next was Belinda Williams , in which Rodney quickly finds out that she had moved on as well after discovering that Belinda was now a lesbian and did not want anything to do with men. Last was Sebina. Now Sebina and Rodney ran into eachother at the movies and exchanged numbers. They dated for about 3 weeks until the father of Sebina's child Ron and her decided they wanted to get back together for their daughters sake. Sebina parted ways with Rodney and once again he is short. Now the Story ends at Rodney's media party where all of his close friends were including Caron , which these two are not speaking at all because of their breakup. Merry is also there supporting Rodney. Now as the story is going on , you can tell that Rodney and Merry have such good chemistry and a good flow with eachother but it isn't really payed attention to until now. Merry and Rodney start flirting and kissing and realize that they are meant for eachother. Rondey tells himself that he is finally not one woman short.
This book is about a 32 year old man named Rodney Hampton. Rodney has it all, he is a well organized buisness man , a very popular publicist in Los Angeles , and he makes very good money at what he does. Rodney owns his own publishing company called Hampton Media. So think of all those things , and add the fact that he is a lady's man. The problem is , Rodney has dealt with too many women and has had many relationships with many women (133 to be exact). After he witnessed his long time best friend Tim Waters get married to a women named Bernice Wilson, he finally decides that he wants to settle down with one female. Along with the support of Tim and Bernice, Rodney's mother Rebe ,his sister Roberta, and his friend Merry Washington also support his decision as well. While making this decision Rodney is currently in a on and off relationship with Bernice's best friend Caron. Rodney decided to part ways with Caron and move on. Rodney realizes that he hurt so many woman and made a list of names that he dated in the past. Now out of that list of 133 names , only 3 stuck out to Rodney. Those names were Sebina Daniels, Amy Davis , and Belinda Williams. Rodney decides to test to see if one of these women is the one for him. Unfortunatley , all 3 attempts were failures. Amy Davis had let got into her life and she is a completely changed woman and will not go back to the past. Rodney and Amy clearly have had issues and they both decided just to move on from eachother. Next was Belinda Williams , in which Rodney quickly finds out that she had moved on as well after discovering that Belinda was now a lesbian and did not want anything to do with men. Last was Sebina. Now Sebina and Rodney ran into eachother at the movies and exchanged numbers. They dated for about 3 weeks until the father of Sebina's child Ron and her decided they wanted to get back together for their daughters sake. Sebina parted ways with Rodney and once again he is short. Now the Story ends at Rodney's media party where all of his close friends were including Caron , which these two are not speaking at all because of their breakup. Merry is also there supporting Rodney. Now as the story is going on , you can tell that Rodney and Merry have such good chemistry and a good flow with eachother but it isn't really payed attention to until now. Merry and Rodney start flirting and kissing and realize that they are meant for eachother. Rondey tells himself that he is finally not one woman short.
July 26, 2008
After his best friend gets married, Rodney make a list of his ex-girlfriends (all 133) and decides to look up three of them. Part romance, part grown-man-finally-grows-up -- whatever that genre is called. Not terrible, but predictable.
July 23, 2015
good story. once i really got in to it, it was easy to lose my self with end the pages.
August 30, 2022
Word!!!
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