Three siblings, Sydney, Gina, and Rick, each have full lives, complex relationships, and serious personal problems. But when their mother suffers a debilitating stroke, her need for extensive care forces them to examine the strength of the bonds between them. A Blackboard best-selling author, Roby tackles several contemporary issues in this moving novel, including marital violence and childhood abuse.
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"I truly enjoy reading this book. This was my first book of hers to read, so I got all the other books that I missed and will have to read them. "
— Dee (5 out of 5 stars)
“This is an easy, satisfying beach read.”
— Publishers Weekly“A compelling story of how each sibling deals with their individual issues and forges a family bond that was lacking when they were growing up.”
— RT Book Reviews (4 stars)" I truly enjoy reading this book. This was my first book of hers to read, so I got all the other books that I missed and will have to read them. "
— Dee, 2/5/2013" I'm only giving this book a star because it's not possible to give a book negative stars. It really was that bad. "
— Gina, 8/27/2011" Anything this woman writes is Amazing!!! "
— Joy, 8/4/2011" Anything this woman writes is Amazing!!! "
— Joy, 4/5/2009" I'm only giving this book a star because it's not possible to give a book negative stars. It really was that bad. "
— Gina, 10/8/2008Kimberla Lawson Roby is the New York Times bestselling author of nonfiction and more than two dozen novels. She is the recipient of the 2013 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work in Fiction, and in August 2020, she was named by USA Today as one of the 100 Black novelists you should read
Susan Spain has appeared on stages in New York City, across the United States, and in Europe. Performances includes roles in an international production of The Best of Broadway and a staging of Little Shop of Horrors at the Smithsonian Institute’s Folklife Festival in Washington, DC. She has also appeared in Hair.