“I know I'm late but I just finished the book...It was amazing!!1.) The love scene between Marcus and Pat2.) The fire3.) The bar scene between Pat and her Mom4.) Gayle's wedding5.) Teenage Gayle tries to sleep with Marcus to get him to marry her”
“We want to thank all of you for your responses to Regina's question. Your suggestions for scenes not to be left out of Tryin' the Movie have come pouring in. Many of them are universal--like Gayle finding the money near the end and others represent a fairly good range of what you all think is important. Again--this is important to us. We want this to be your movie. We want you involved. Because it is thanks to you and your support over the years that we are at this juncture in the first place. And when you don't hear from us, don't think there's nothing going on. Making a movie is a LONG and involved process--when you see actors on morning or late night TV talking about their "new" movie--most of them have something to say about how long they've been working on that particular project. The average is 4.5 years from idea to theater. We are just about midway on our journey and making progress one step at a time! So hang in there. Be patient with us and this process and we'll keep you in the loop. Because when the time comes, we want to have an opening weekend just like Sex and the City did last week and we'll definitely need your help to make that happen. But right now we have to go through your 5 Must See Scene suggestions and do some kind of tabulation and average. We won't have the fancy accounting firm like the Oscars or the Grammys but we're perfectly capable of adding! And we'll get back to you in a couple of weeks with the results, the name of the winner of a galley of What Doesn't Kill You and a sneak peek at cover--which we LOVE by the way!”
“Last week we were in LA for Book Expo America and we also had dinner with the star of Tryin’ to Sleep in the Bed You Made, Regina King!!!It’s amazing to us that there are two of our books (Far From the Tree too--more on that later), heading toward “Action!” ANYWAY--Regina has a question for you--what are the FIVE moments from the book you HAVE to see in the movie? Our script is running long and you know we can’t bring every scene, word for word from the book—that would be a mini-series!But we want to try to bring your favorite moments to the screen. So please let us know by Wednesday, June 11th. From your responses, we’ll select one randomly chosen reader (we’ll be fair!) to receive a galley of our newest new book, What Doesn’t Kill You, which will be out in January ’09.You can comment, email us at deberryandgrant@gmail.com Thanks!!”
“I'm having trouble categorizing my books. I have not read this book. It's on my list to read because of ya'll's comments. Thanks.”
“Now that I think about it; you are right Escents! It was one of the first books by a Black author that I had read besides the works of Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston and others of that period. These two sisters were at the forefront of AA literature when this book first came out. And I note it as one of my best reads too.I enjoyed the second book too; Not Far From The Tree, I think is the title. I loved the way they told that story and took the family back into their history. The mother in this one was a hot mess! LOLI am looking forward to the new release that is due to drop any day now. It's a sequel to Trying To Sleep....Idrissa”
“One of the best books I have ever read.”
“This is one my all time favorite books. Once I was done I realized it had to have 2 people to write it because of all of the twists. Loved it.”
