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Better Than I Know Myself (Unabridged)
 

Better Than I Know Myself (Unabridged)

by Grant, Virginia, Donna DeBerry

The beloved #1 Essence bestselling authors of Tryin' to Sleep in the Bed You Made now deliver a novel in which you'll meet their most unforgettable characters yet. Carmen, Jewel, and Regina could not be more different. When they meet as freshmen at Columbia University, they're pretty confident that a friendship among them isn't in the cards.

Jewel is Hollywood royalty: as the... (read more)

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  • Rated 5 stars

“Virginia and Donna have done it again in this compelling story about friendship that will have you reevaluating your own friendships and how much they mean to you. Jewell, Carmen, and Regina couldnt have been anymore different from one another. Jewell, the childhood actress, grew tired of her overbearing mother, Vivian, controlling her every move and wanted to do something different with her life. Regina, the party girl, knew that she had to go to college to follow the collegiate tradition...”

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  • Rated 4.24 stars
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  • Rated 4.6 stars
  

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  • DeBerryandGrant

    deberryandgrant said:

    “Thanks LaTasha!”

    posted Thursday, February 7 2008
  • A B~more Reader

    a b~more reader said:

    “Virginia and Donna have done it again in this compelling story about friendship that will have you reevaluating your own friendships and how much they mean to you. Jewell, Carmen, and Regina couldnt have been anymore different from one another. Jewell, the childhood actress, grew tired of her overbearing mother, Vivian, controlling her every move and wanted to do something different with her life. Regina, the party girl, knew that she had to go to college to follow the collegiate tradition set forth by her family. Carmen, the smart one with the hardest luck, knew she had to do something with her life that didnt involve her lowlife brother and his friends. So Jewell, Regina, and Carmen decided to attend Columbia University where they formed an unbreakable bond of friendship. As their lives go on, they face all kinds of trials and tribulations but they held on to their friendship if nothing else. This story will make you laugh and cry as you step into the lives of these three women who needed each other from the very start. I had the privilege of meeting the beautiful and talented authors behind this story at one of their book signings. They are more beautiful in person than they are in their pictures. Keep up the excellent work, V and D!!
    Latasha
    Vice President of B~more Readers with W.I.S.D.O.M Book Club
    Baltimore, Maryland
    ”

    posted Thursday, February 7 2008
  • Rosa

    rosa said:

    “Virginia and Donna: I am 54 years and was just readmitted back to college!!! So you know the first part got to me. I have the same youthful excitement that these girls Jewell and Carmen had. Then to top it off, I'm an adoptee searching for my birth mother... I don't even have to tell you how that got to me!! I think I read Tryin To Sleep In The Bed.. a few years ago and was amazed at the descriptive writing you use. I tried to do that in my own book LOVED TO DEATH: A Different Kind of Love Story!!! Keep up the great work and keep inspiring”

    posted Tuesday, February 5 2008
  • DeBerryandGrant

    deberryandgrant said:

    “Thanks Rosa!!”

    posted Tuesday, February 5 2008
  • Rosa

    rosa said:

    “I laughed hard, I cried hard and I appreciate my friends more! This was a book that grabbed me from page 1 and didn't disappoint me. Just when I thought it was going to be predictable, the unexpected happened. There were several areas of this book that spoke to me personally. This is one of my all time favorites.”

    posted Tuesday, February 5 2008
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