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The Interruption of Everything

Terry McMillan

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Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.
01 May 2007
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Terry McMillan comes a ""frank, no-holds-barred, humorous look at African-American midlife"" (The Seattle Times).

""Being a lifetime wife and mother has afforded me the luxury of having multiple and even simultaneous careers- I've been a chauffeur. A chef. An interior decorator. A landscape architect, as well as a gardener. I've been a painter. A furniture restorer. A personal shopper. A veterinarian's assistant and sometimes the veterinarian. I've been an accountant, a banker, and on occasion, a broker. I've been a beautician. A map. A psychic. Santa Claus. The Tooth Fairy. The T.V. Guide. A movie reviewer. An angel. God. A nurse and a nursemaid. A psychiatrist and psychologist. Evangelist. For a long time I have felt like I inadvertently got my master's in How to Take Care of Everybody Except Yourself and then a PhD in How to Pretend Like You Don't Mind.

But I do mind.""

Today forty-four year old Marilyn Grimes has decided to be something other than a wife, a mother, a sister, or a daughter- herself. But first, she has to figure out exactly who that is....
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Imprint:   Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 202mm,  Width: 134mm,  Spine: 21mm
Weight:   337g
ISBN:   9780451221186
ISBN 10:   0451221184
Pages:   400
Publication Date:  
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Inactive

Terry McMillan is the award-winning, critically acclaimed #1 New York Times bestselling author of Waiting to Exhale, Getting to Happy, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, A Day Late and a Dollar Short, The Interruption of Everything, Who Asked You?, Mama, Disappearing Acts, I Almost Forgot About You, It's Not All Downhill From Here, and the editor of Breaking Ice- An Anthology of Contemporary African-American Fiction. She lives in California.

Reviews for The Interruption of Everything

-TERRY MCMILLAN KEEPS IT REAL....easily her most accomplished tale...by turns laugh-out-loud funny and gut-punch painful. McMillan has painted a convincing portrait of the kind of woman who can say yes to everyone but herself.---Boston Herald-VINTAGE MCMILLAN...a very human story with large doses of friendship, humor, family, and imperfect relationships.---The Dallas Morning News-FUNNY, SAD, AND...FEISTY. [A] frank, no-holds-barred, humorous look at African-American midlife.---The Seattle Times-[MCMILLAN] HAS...A CUTTING WIT, a knack for capturing the way real people think and speak, a fearless willingness to engage complex, painful issues, and an unerring instinct for fashioning characters that enchant readers' imaginations.---The Washington Post-WITH HUMOR AND HEART AND HUMANITY, MCMILLAN SPEAKS TO WOMEN ON THE VERGE.- --The Hartford Courant TERRY MCMILLAN KEEPS IT REAL....easily her most accomplished tale...by turns laugh-out-loud funny and gut-punch painful. McMillan has painted a convincing portrait of the kind of woman who can say yes to everyone but herself. --Boston Herald VINTAGE MCMILLAN...a very human story with large doses of friendship, humor, family, and imperfect relationships. --The Dallas Morning News FUNNY, SAD, AND...FEISTY. [A] frank, no-holds-barred, humorous look at African-American midlife. --The Seattle Times [MCMILLAN] HAS...A CUTTING WIT, a knack for capturing the way real people think and speak, a fearless willingness to engage complex, painful issues, and an unerring instinct for fashioning characters that enchant readers' imaginations. --The Washington Post WITH HUMOR AND HEART AND HUMANITY, MCMILLAN SPEAKS TO WOMEN ON THE VERGE. --The Hartford Courant TERRY MCMILLAN KEEPS IT REAL. easily her most accomplished tale...by turns laugh-out-loud funny and gut-punch painful. McMillan has painted a convincing portrait of the kind of woman who can say yes to everyone but herself. Boston Herald VINTAGE MCMILLAN...a very human story with large doses of friendship, humor, family, and imperfect relationships. The Dallas Morning News FUNNY, SAD, AND FEISTY. [A] frank, no-holds-barred, humorous look at African-American midlife. The Seattle Times [MCMILLAN] HAS A CUTTING WIT, a knack for capturing the way real people think and speak, a fearless willingness to engage complex, painful issues, and an unerring instinct for fashioning characters that enchant readers imaginations. The Washington Post WITH HUMOR AND HEART AND HUMANITY, MCMILLAN SPEAKS TO WOMEN ON THE VERGE. The Hartford Courant


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