The Interruption of Everything (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic Series) - Hardcover

The Interruption Of Everything Edition: First

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786261277 ISBN 13: 9780786261277

Publisher: Thorndike Press, 2005

Synopsis

"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.... 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....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 Ph.D. in How to Pretend Like You Don't Mind. But I do mind."

Since Terry McMillan's breakout novel Waiting to Exhale surged onto the bestseller lists, critics and readers alike have been captivated by her irreverent, hilarious, pitch-perfect tales of women's lives and contemporary issues. With The Interruption of Everything, her sixth novel, McMillan takes on the fault lines of midlife and family life, reminds us once again of the redeeming power of friendship, and turns her eye toward the dilemma of how a woman starts to put her own needs higher on the to-do list while not shortchanging everyone else.

Marilyn Grimes, wife and mother of three, has made a career of deferring her dreams to build a suburban California home and lifestyle with her husband, Leon. She troubleshoots for her grown kids, cares for her live-in mother-in-law, Arthurine (and elderly poodle, Snuffy); keeps tabs on her girlfriends Paulette and Bunny and her own aging mother and foster sister--all the while holding down a part-time job. But at forty-four, Marilyn's got too much on her plate and nothing to feed her passion. She feels like she's about ready to jump. She's just not sure where.

Highly entertaining, deeply human, a page-turner full of heart and soul, The Interruption of Everything is vintage Terry McMillan--and a triumphant testament to the fact that the detour is the path, and living life "by the numbers" never quite adds up.

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Review

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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"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

About the Author

Terry McMillan is the critically acclaimed, award-winning author of five previous novels and recipient of the Essence Award for Excellence in Literature.

Edition details

• Publisher: Thorndike Press
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0786261277
• ISBN 13: 9780786261277
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 576