{"product_id":"the-interruption-of-everything-isbn-9780451221186","title":"The Interruption of Everything","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Terry McMillan comes a “frank, no-holds-barred, humorous look at African-American midlife” (\u003ci\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Being a lifetime wife and mother has afforded me the luxury of having multiple and even simultaneous careers: I've been a chauffeur. A chef. An interior decorator. A landscape architect, as well as a gardener. I've been a painter. A furniture restorer. A personal shopper. A veterinarian's assistant and sometimes the veterinarian. I've been an accountant, a banker, and on occasion, a broker. I've been a beautician. A map. A psychic. Santa Claus. The Tooth Fairy. The T.V. Guide. A movie reviewer. An angel. God. A nurse and a nursemaid. A psychiatrist and psychologist. Evangelist. For a long time I have felt like I inadvertently got my master's in How to Take Care of Everybody Except Yourself and then a PhD in How to Pretend Like You Don't Mind. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut I do mind.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eToday forty-four year old Marilyn Grimes has decided to be something other than a wife, a mother, a sister, or a daughter: herself. But first, she has to figure out exactly who that is....\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Interruption of Everything\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“TERRY MCMILLAN KEEPS IT REAL.…easily her most accomplished tale...by turns laugh-out-loud funny and gut-punch painful. McMillan has painted a convincing portrait of the kind of woman who can say yes to everyone but herself.”—\u003ci\u003eBoston Herald\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“VINTAGE MCMILLAN...a very human story with large doses of friendship, humor, family, and imperfect relationships.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Dallas Morning News\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“[MCMILLAN] HAS…A CUTTING WIT, a knack for capturing the way real people think and speak, a fearless willingness to engage complex, painful issues, and an unerring instinct for fashioning characters that enchant readers’ imaginations.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“WITH HUMOR AND HEART AND HUMANITY, MCMILLAN SPEAKS TO WOMEN ON THE VERGE.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Hartford Courant\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eTerry McMillan\u003c\/b\u003e is the award-winning, critically acclaimed #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWaiting to Exhale\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGetting to Happy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHow Stella Got Her Groove Back\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Day Late and a Dollar Short\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Interruption of Everything\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWho Asked You?\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMama\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDisappearing Acts\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eI Almost Forgot About You\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIt’s Not All Downhill From Here\u003c\/i\u003e, and the editor of \u003ci\u003eBreaking Ice: An Anthology of Contemporary African-American Fiction \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eIt Was the Way She Said It\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in California.","brand":"Berkley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305205256421,"sku":"NP9780451221186","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780451221186.jpg?v=1767739962","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-interruption-of-everything-isbn-9780451221186","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}