“Things aren’t going very well for Georgia and Marvin Brown when the story begins, and to have to put up with Marvin’s dad, because they’re living in his house, isn’t helping their situation one bit. But Marvin, who has a heart to make people laugh, isn’t giving up on his dream of becoming a successful comedian, and his wife, Georgia, is doing all she can to support him. Things get better for this couple, but then everything changes… And then, there’s Corliss, a thirty-one year old single mother with a story of her own.
This is the first book I’ve read by Cheryl Robinson. I decided to purchase it when I read one of the author’s blog posts where she mentioned that she envisioned T.D. Jakes when she wrote the church scene in the first chapter. She also mentioned that Georgia Brown was a spiritual woman. Knowing these things, it’s not like I was expecting this story to read exactly like Christian fiction, but I didn’t think there would be so much profanity and numerous detailed sex scenes. I have read many novels with this content "all throughout the story", but my tastes have changed through the years, and I’m not into them anymore.
When I saw the first line in this story, my first thought was to close the book and move on to another one, but then I figured that if the author listens to the teachings of T.D. Jakes there had to be a positive message somewhere in this story, so I gave it a chance, and I’m glad I did.
All in all, this was a good read that made me laugh at times, and the positive message was certainly there. By the end of the story I was thinking about my own dreams and goals.
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