If I Could - Softcover

Hill, Donna

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0758202903 ISBN 13: 9780758202901

Publisher: Kensington Pub Corp, 2000

Synopsis

Tired of her old life, Regina Everette divorces her husband and the father of her two children, quits her unfulfilling job, scandalizes her family and friends, and sets out to rebuild her life by finding a new career and entering into a dynamic new relationship. Original.

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About the Author

DONNA HILL has more than seventy published titles to her credit since her first novel was released in 1990, and is considered one of the early pioneers of the African American romance genre. Three of her novels have been adapted for television. She has been featured in Essence®, New York Daily News, USA Today, Today’s Black Woman, and Black Enterprise among many others, and her work has appeared on several bestseller lists, including Essence®, Emerge, and The Dallas Morning News. Donna currently lives in Brooklyn with her family. Visit her online at DonnaHill.com.

From Publishers Weekly

The rueful theme "if I could turn back time" underlies much of romance writer Hill's heartfelt if formulaic paean to the power of positive thinking and decisive action. Insecure Regina Everette is the chief protagonist of this serious-minded drama featuring three African-American women at crucial points in their lives. As she nears 40, Regina is overwhelmed by responsibilities. Against the wishes of her controlling and boorishly sexist husband, Russell, she is a successful but unhappy reporter at New York's Daily News; she also has two teenage children. Her friends think her life is perfect, but she knows better. In a major overhaul, she first divorces Russell, then quits her job, stunning friends and family as she moves to make a life all her own. Meanwhile, her two girlfriends are undergoing their own existential crises. Social worker Antoinette, unable to forget her impoverished Louisiana upbringing, is cheating on her chauffeur husband, and Victoria, tormented by the darkness of her skin, is pregnant with her white husband's child and unsure about whether or not to keep it. Set up as the Terry McMillanish story of a trio of women, the familiar button pushing is there from the beginning, but the saving grace of true affection and camaraderie comes too late. The list of "Affirmations for Living" and the reading group guide at the book's conclusion underscore its motivational bent. (Nov.)
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About this edition

• Publisher: Kensington Pub Corp
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0758202903
• ISBN 13: 9780758202901
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 245