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HTML:"Monroe is a masterful storyteller." —Philadelphia InquirerThere are some things even forever friends can't fix. . .
Annette Goode Davis is a survivor. Life has often knocked her down, but she's never stayed there for long. To Annette, it's all about family and old friends like Rhoda O'Toole. And right now, Annette needs all the friends she can get. Because lately, her husband, Pee Wee, barely has the time of day for her. And she has no idea why. . .
Desperate to regain Pee Wee's show more affections, Annette goes on a crash diet, gets a makeover, and looks hotter than she has in a long time. Everyone notices—except Pee Wee. So when handsome Louis Baines showers her with attention, Annette finds herself having an affair and spending money on Louis like there's no tomorrow. But when she learns a terrible secret about her new lover, she realizes she's in way over her head. Soon Annette must face the fact that she may have destroyed the life she loved—and this time, not even Rhoda can help her make things right. . .
"A fast-paced, sexy, tense story that will make readers think twice before getting tangled up in an affair." —Booklist
"Monroe's never better than when she's writing about Annette and Rhoda. . .who are always getting in trouble." —Publishers Weekly. African American Fiction. Literature. Fiction. Romance. show less
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Mary Monroe has created a modern urban, female Ethan Frome who wrecks her marriage due to an affair. Older women can relate to the situation of a woman in her forties who succumbs to the flattery of a younger man. The situations and characters are vivid but believable, but Monroe's writing is often trite, wordy, and heavy handed.
This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.I almost stopped reading this book because it didn't seem to be going anywhere. But I kept on and it sucked me in like a cheesy soap-opera. I ended up liking the book and the quirky characters.
Mary Monroe does it again with her thought provoking novels about life, challenges, love, pain and the willingness to persevere. I am not a fan of novels, but I would recommend this one!
This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.A bit risque in the language..a lot of f words throughout, and a lot of sex. But it goes with the story line, so it can be acceptable to most readers. This story is about an affair, telling of the affair, healing the marriage, and most importantly, throughout the book, how one can be taken advantage of. Good reading, if overlooking a lot of the f wording.
not as good as monroe's other novels... lacked substance, and ran slow. But it was readable, I guess.
This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.I loved it! Can't wait to start the next one! Glad I picked her up again! :)
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Mary Monroe is the third child of Alabama sharecroppers, and the first and only member of her family to finish high school. Mary never attended college or any writing classes. Her first novel, The Upper Room, was published in 1985 and was widely reviewed throughout the U.S. and in Great Britain. She is a recipient of the PEN/Oakland Josephine show more Miles Award for her novel God Don't Like Ugly. She has just finished the fourth book in this series, God Ain't through Yet. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Kensington/Dafina Books (2009)
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- God Ain't Blind
- Original publication date
- 2009-09-01
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