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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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
""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
-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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