Virginia DeBerry
Author of Tryin' to Sleep in the Bed You Made
About the Author
Virginia DeBerry's first novel, Tryin' to Sleep in the Bed You Made, co-authored with Donna Grant, has been highly acclaimed. The novel is about the friendship of two African-American women and the relationship began when they were young girls and continues throughout the unexpected twists and show more turns their lives take. Tryin' to Sleep in the Bed You Made was a 1998 Fiction Honor Book Winner of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. The book was also honored by the (GOG) Go On Girl! Book Club, Inc., the premier reading group for African-American women. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Virginia DeBerry
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- DeBerry, Virginia
- Other names
- Marie Joyce (with Donna Grant)
- Gender
- female
- Education
- State University of New York, Buffalo (BA)
- Occupations
- teacher
magazine editor
model - Agent
- Victoria Sanders & Associates
- Relationships
- Grant, Donna (#1, co-author)
- Short biography
- VIRGINIA DEBERRY was a successful plus-size model, former Vice President of BB/LW modeling agency and served as editor-in-chief of Maxima magazine before becoming a novelist. DeBerry attended Fisk University and is a graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo. She currently resides in central New Jersey.
Together with Donna Grant (1), she is the author of Tryin’ to Sleep in the Bed You Made, Far From the Tree, Better Than I Know Myself, Gotta Keep on Tryin’, What Doesn’t Kill You, Exposures (as Marie Joyce) and Uptown (2010). - Nationality
- USA
- Places of residence
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
Wadesboro, North Carolina, USA
Buffalo, New York, USA
New York, New York, USA
New Jersey, USA - Associated Place (for map)
- New York, USA
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Reviews
I was excited to read a sequel to "Tryin' to Sleep in the Bed You Made" which was. However, "Gotta Keep on Tryin'" was not as suspenseful or as engaging as "Tryin' tp Sleep in the Bed You Made". "Gotta Keep on Tryin'" was a little slow at times. The writing is a bit disjointed and not as unified as "Tryin' to Sleep in the Bed You Made". The story line was disappointedly very predictable.
For the most part I was pleased with the way the characters turned out, but I found the storyline in this show more book getting bogged down as the authors tried to fill readers in with the storyline of the the previous book.
Nonetheless, DeBerry and Grant did a wonderful job of incorporating some timely issues such as eating disorders, infidelity and domestic abuse into this story. As a fan I definitely wouldn't mind reading more about DeJohn and Tiffani with an "i" show less
For the most part I was pleased with the way the characters turned out, but I found the storyline in this show more book getting bogged down as the authors tried to fill readers in with the storyline of the the previous book.
Nonetheless, DeBerry and Grant did a wonderful job of incorporating some timely issues such as eating disorders, infidelity and domestic abuse into this story. As a fan I definitely wouldn't mind reading more about DeJohn and Tiffani with an "i" show less
At once both hilarious and sobering, What Doesn't Kill You has definitely made me take a look at my own problems through a different lense. Through Tee's longstanding feud with Murphy and the small, subtle gestures of true friendship from unexpected sources, this is a profound look at how an indepentdent woman can get so caught up in her own pride that she inevitably stumbles...all over the place. I love her journey through denial to realization and then finally getting proactive (in show more retrospect) about her finances. And her runaround with Ron is sweet in a just-grow-up-and-admit-you-like-him sort of way. In all, a book I plan to read again and again, every time I start to take my finances for granted. show less
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I didn't enjoy this one a lot. it's a family history of a black family in the States, very defunct. The protagonists are draining. I assume they fel like real people, but the novel lacks warmth. it does portray very accurately the complex hate-relationship in families, and how people hide their own past from those nearest (and presumably dearest) to them. It got better in the second half, but the first half dragged a lot.
While I often wondered where the heck they were going with this story, I eventually was pulled into these women's lives
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