The Interruption of Everything

The Interruption of Everything - Paperback

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The Interruption of Everything - Paperback

The Interruption of Everything - Paperback

by Terry McMillan
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by Terry McMillan (Author)

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....

Author Biography

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.

Number of Pages: 400
Dimensions: 0.89 x 7.96 x 5.4 IN
Publication Date: May 01, 2007
ISBN9780451221186
Author Terry McMillan
PublisherBerkley / Nal
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedMay 2007
LanguageENG- English
Pages400
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Terry McMillan is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of It's Not All Downhill From Here, I Almost Forgot About You, Waiting to Exhale, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, and other novels, and the editor of Breaking Ice: An Anthology of Contemporary African-American Fiction. Four of her novels have been made into movies: Waiting to Exhale, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Disappearing Acts, and A Day Late and a Dollar Short. She lives in California.

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