Divorcing Dwayne

by Jackie Lee Miles

Divorcing Dwayne is the first volume in a three-book series featuring Francine Harper and her no-good husband, Dwayne. As the series is set in rural Georgia, the authors calls the category "Grits-Lit." As Divorcing Dwayne opens, Francine is in jail, facing felony assault charges for shooting at Dwayne and his stripper-lover, Carla, from the Peel 'n Squeal, a restaurant and local hangout. She had caught them together - in the very bed her daddy had...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1581826508
• ISBN13: 9781581826500
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Cumberland House
• Length: 317 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

A Whole Lotta Fun!!

I had to buy this book, the author and I share the same last name. Maybe we're long lost relatives. Although I admit, I got mine through marriage. The protagonist of this story had quite a marriage!! This book was a fun read and I'm glad I picked it up. I laughed out loud in many spots. The ending makes you feel good. What could be better than that? Bridget Miles

I LOVED IT!!!

What a great book! I started it and finished it over a long weekend. I have shared it with several people in the office and they all love it! Once you start this book, you can not put it down. I am anxiously awaiting "Dear Dwayne."

A reader from Indiana

Divorcing Dwayne is hilarious, heartwarming and wise. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book! My husband wasn't happy ~ he had to wait for his dinner. If you want a good book with great characters and a good plot, pick up a copy. Ms. Miles knows how to keep you turning the pages. I truly recommend it.

Hilarious Read.

This is one of the funniest books I've ever read. There's a laugh on every page (and often three or four) and the characters are priceless, yet very real. The plot is so engaging you better prepare yourself for a long reading session. I can't say enough about this clever, and engaging novel about a relationship gone wrong. Anyone who has gone through a divorce can relate. It's the type of book that will be passed from girlfriend to girlfriend.

Great characters, great dialog, I had a hard time putting it down

It is a good thing that I was on spring break when I started this book, for if it had been during the term, I would have had to scramble to give the students enough to do. Once I opened it, I was hooked. Miles creates a set of characters set in the south and generates some of the best dialog I have ever read. Francine Harper is married to Dwayne and when she catches him in her bed with a silicon-enhanced stripper, she takes a gun and wildly shoots at them. Fortunately she misses and she is arrested, which starts the actions of the title. Francine then tries to maintain her life through a great deal of trial as she learns to become a confident, capable woman. Getting there is quite a story, involving her strange friends, her even stranger family; a topless barber shop, Dwayne's repeated antics, the mafia, FBI agents; Francine's cellmates, various people in the legal system and her role in a Hollywood movie that makes her famous and rich. My favorite character in the book is not Francine, but her grandmother Nanny Lou. As the story opens, she is accusing her dead husband of running away with another filly. Towards the end of the book she discovers that she has cancer in one breast and decides to have both breasts removed. She calls the surgeon's office and asks if they will do a two-for-one special. Then, when she is in the hospital she brags to everyone how she is going to get a new set of boobs and goes around flashing people. When told that they will take some of the fat from her abdomen to rebuild the breasts, she insists that some also be removed from her hips. She saw some hot jeans on the home shopping network and wants to fit in them. Great character! If you want to have a great laugh, read this rollicking, hectic story about some very eccentric and entertaining people. Be forewarned, it is very hard to put down.