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Warm and witty, sincere and heartfelt, The Interruption of Everything is sure to delight McMillan devotees and attract a host of new fans. --Gisele Toueg
Viking
July 2005
384 pages
ISBN: 0670031445
Hardcover
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Contemporary Women's Fiction | Contemporary
Since Terry McMillan’s breakout novel, Waiting to Exhale,
surged onto the bestseller lists, her irreverent,
hilarious, and pitch-perfect tales of women’s lives and
contemporary issues have captivated critics and readers
alike. With The Interruption of Everything, McMillan takes
on the fault lines of midlife and family life and reminds
us once again of the redeeming power of friendship. 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 workaholic husband, Leon. She also
troubleshoots for her grown kids, cares for her live-in
mother-in-law (and elderly poodle, Snuffy), keeps tabs on
her girlfriends Paulette and Bunny and her own aging mother
and foster sister— and holds 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, this time McMillan turns her eye to the
question of how one woman can start putting her own needs
higher on the to-do list while not shortchanging those she
loves. The Interruption of Everything is 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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