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Terry McMillan
Terry McMillan fell in love with books as a teenager while working at the local library. She studied journalism at UC Berkeley and screenwriting at Columbia before making her fiction debut with Mama, which one both the Doubleday New Voices in Fiction Award and the American Book Award. She lives... show more

Terry McMillan fell in love with books as a teenager while working at the local library. She studied journalism at UC Berkeley and screenwriting at Columbia before making her fiction debut with Mama, which one both the Doubleday New Voices in Fiction Award and the American Book Award. She lives in Northern California.
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Birth date: October 18, 1951
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Abandoned by Booklikes
Abandoned by Booklikes rated it 5 years ago
This is what I really needed to read right now. It was funny and at times heartbreaking. Terry McMillan does such an awesome job of writing strong black women characters. Her latest follows 68 year old Loretha Curry. Loretha is not feeling so content with her life. Her daughter (Jalecia) and sister ...
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bookjunkie57 rated it 6 years ago
I Picked Up This Book Because: The author The Characters: Georgia Young: Wanda, Violet, Estelle, Frankie, Stan The Story: This wasn’t a terrible book but the focus and insistence that Georgia's friends and family put on her being single and that she HAD TO find a man to make her life happy and co...
Portable Magic
Portable Magic rated it 7 years ago
I appreciate a romance that is acerbically funny rather than cloying and this one gets bonus points for a main character and her romantic interests who are middle aged and dealing with all the life issues that go with it. The characters, their relationships, and the events felt real and not too impr...
Abandoned by Booklikes
Abandoned by Booklikes rated it 8 years ago
Please note that I gave this book 4.5 stars, but rounded it up to 5 stars on Goodreads.I liked this one much better than "Getting to Happy". I was so disappointed because that whole book felt like a shallow sequel to some truly memorable characters. In her latest, McMillan does what she does best. S...
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Title: I Almost Forgot About YouAuthor: Terry McMillanPublisher: CrownReviewed By: Arlena DeanRating: FiveReview: "I Almost Forgot About You" by Terry McMillan My Thoughts..... This was one of those reads that you will not want to put down this engaging and entertaining read until the end. The autho...
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