Family ties are tested and transformed in the new novel
from #1 New York Times bestselling author of
Waiting to Exhale and How Stella Got Her Groove
Back
With her wise, wry, and poignant
novels of families and friendships—Waiting to Exhale,
Getting to Happy, and A Day Late and a Dollar
Short among them—Terry McMillan has touched millions of
readers. Now, in her eighth novel, McMillan gives exuberant
voice to characters who reveal how we live now—at least as
lived in a racially diverse Los Angeles neighborhood.
Kaleidoscopic, fast-paced, and filled with McMillan’s
inimitable humor, Who Asked You? opens as Trinetta
leaves her two young sons with her mother, Betty Jean, and
promptly disappears. BJ, a trademark McMillan heroine,
already has her hands full dealing with her other adult
children, two opinionated sisters, an ill husband, and her
own postponed dreams—all while holding down a job delivering
room service at a hotel. Her son Dexter is about to be
paroled from prison; Quentin, the family success, can’t be
bothered to lend a hand; and taking care of two lively
grandsons is the last thing BJ thinks she needs. The drama
unfolds through the perspectives of a rotating cast of
characters, pitch-perfect, each playing a part, and full of
surprises.
Who Asked You? casts an
intimate look at the burdens and blessings of family and
speaks to trusting your own judgment even when others don’t
agree. McMillan’s signature voice and unforgettable
characters bring universal issues to brilliant, vivid life.
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