|
Bookmark, Digg, Facebook, and more! Click the button. 
|
|
||||||||||
|
Featured Links: If you love massage, consider getting a massage therapy degree or a physical therapy degree.
|
|||||||||||
| July 20, 2008 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||
|
 | Gotta Keep On Tryin' by Virginia DeBerry and Donna Grant | Reviewed by Harriet Klausner | |
 | |||
| Publisher: Touchstone
http://www.simonandschuster.com ISBN: 141653167X Genre: Fiction Subgenre: Melodrama Release date:Jan 2008 Format: Hardcover Pages: 368 Price: $24.00 | |||
| African American single mom, Gayle Saunders, knows she has come a long way since her homeless days caused by her gambling husband, Ramsey (see Trying to Sleep in the Bed You Made), as she raises her beloved teenage daughter, Vanessa, alone. She and her long time best friend and business partner, Patricia Reid, have made a success of their Ell Crawford children's books and related merchandise. Whereas Gayle is the artist, Pat is the business manager; together they have turned Ell & Me into a thriving firm.
As Gayle struggles with the sudden rebellion of Vanessa, who wants to become a professional dancer and moves into the home of her boyfriend, Pat struggles with the arrival of teenager Tiffani, who claims that Marcus is her father. Although DNA testing proves otherwise, Marcus wants to help her make it while neglecting his wife, Pat. Since kindergarten Pat and Gayle have been there for one another if only to listen, but this time neither can talk about the fears inside of their respective hearts. Success does not necessarily bring happiness, as Gayle and Pat learn the hard way in this fine family drama. Each of the key players, not just the two Ell & Me entrepreneurs, is fully developed. Thus the audience understands why Marcus wants to help Tiffani; Vanessa needs to leave home, although she does not slice the financial cord; Pat feels insecure; Gayle feels all alone; and Tiffani manipulates the four of them. Although at times the storyline dips into soap opera territory, readers will enjoy the sequel that follows the personal lives of two friends and their families. | |||
Read our Privacy Statement |
|
Contact Us
Send feedback about this domain to Sime~Gen Inc. For technical difficulties with this page, please contact the Webmaster. |
Sign up for PayPal and do business online, safely and securely.
|
1157418 |