The Interruption of Everything
Author: McMillan, Terry
ISBN: 9780451221186
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 01 May 2007
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback / softback
b>From #1 i>New York Times/i> bestselling author Terry McMillan comes a "frank, no-holds-barred, humorous look at African-American midlife" (i>The Seattle Times/i>).br>br>/b>"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. br>br>But I do mind."br>br>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....
ISBN: 9780451221186
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 01 May 2007
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback / softback
b>From #1 i>New York Times/i> bestselling author Terry McMillan comes a "frank, no-holds-barred, humorous look at African-American midlife" (i>The Seattle Times/i>).br>br>/b>"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. br>br>But I do mind."br>br>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....
