Who Asked You?

By Terry McMillan

Book Overview

Family ties are tested and transformed in the new novel from #1 "New York Times "bestselling author of "Waiting to Exhale" and "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" With her wise, wry, and poignant novels of families and friendships "Waiting to Exhale," "Getting to Happy," and "A Day Late and a Dollar Short "among them Terry McMillan has touched millions of readers. Now, in her eighth novel, McMillan gives exuberant voice to characters who reveal how we live now at least as lived in a racially diverse Los Angeles neighborhood. Kaleidoscopic, fast-paced, and filled with McMillan s inimitable humor, "Who Asked You?" opens as Trinetta leaves her two young sons with her mother, Betty Jean, and promptly disappears. BJ, a trademark McMillan heroine, already has her hands full dealing with her other adult children, two opinionated sisters, an ill husband, and her own postponed dreams all while holding down a job delivering room service at a hotel. Her son Dexter is about to be paroled from prison; Quentin, the family success, can t be bothered to lend a hand; and taking care of two lively grandsons is the last thing BJ thinks she needs. The drama unfolds through the perspectives of a rotating cast of characters, pitch-perfect, each playing a part, and full of surprises. "Who Asked You? "casts an intimate look at the burdens and blessings of family and speaks to trusting your own judgment even when others don t agree. McMillan s signature voice and unforgettable characters bring universal issues to brilliant, vivid life."

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670785695
• ISBN13: 9780670785698
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Viking
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

The must read

This book is so good.. couldn’t out it down. Ver compelling to know you can live life with regrets or let regret go and still be open to explore new things. Have new love age is only number!! Accept what has changed and control what can be changed!! Loved this book

Who asked you is an all time favorite.

I enjoyed everything about this book. It's a book that every reader can relate to something in it. It's a great read.

She out did herself ok once again

Terry McMillan did an amazing job once again. I couldnt put this book down although I felt bad for BJ I came to realize that she was the most satisfied with life and the choices we make. Kim was a hot ticket which surprised me and family comes first. I hope Luther and Ricky take care of their grandmother.