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To save the family home from foreclosure, Regina Burns must take a temporary job in Atlanta. But the move is fraught with emotional baggage. Her new employer, Beth Davis, broke up Regina's wedding plans a few years back because she didn't think Regina was good enough to marry her son. Meanwhile, Regina's visionary aunt has told her to be on the lookout for a handsome stranger with "the ocean in his eyes." Then a blue-eyed brother appears on the streets of Afro-Atlanta. But between falling show more for Blue Hamilton and dealing with Beth, secrets will emerge that will threaten to send Regina's life twisting in surprising new directions. show lessTags
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I actually enjoyed this book (I didn't think I would when I started it). There were twists in the story to keep me interested, and the mush factor was lower than I expected. The main character was likable, but it was the other characters that kept me reading.
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An engrossing sotry with a deep understanding of the huma spirit Ebony
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- Canonical title
- Some Things I Never Thought I'd Do
- Original publication date
- 2003-08-26
- People/Characters
- Regina Burns; Blue Hamilton; Beth Davis; Son Davis
- Important places
- Atlanta, Georgia, USA; West End
- Epigraph
- Freedom and love may be the most revolutionary ideas avalable to us. - - Robyn D. G. Kelley
I guess I'll see you next lifetime. - - Erykah Badu - Dedication
- For Michael Jondre Pryor Lomax, who made me start thinking about grandsons in the first place; For Deignan Cleage Lomax, who allowed me to be there for the miracle; And for Zaron W. Burnett, Jr., whose name should be on the c... (show all)over.
- First words
- I have really screwed up now.
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- Popularity
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- Reviews
- 3
- Rating
- (3.92)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 9
- ASINs
- 2
