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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author…“Remember Getting to Happy , Waiting to Exhale , and How Stella Got Her Groove Back? Well, you won’t likely forget Terry McMillan’s Who Asked You? either” ( Raleigh News & Observer ).
Betty Jean already has her hands full when her grown daughter leaves her two young sons in her care. In between dealing with her other adult children, two opinionated sisters, an ill husband, and her own postponed dreams—BJ still manages to hold 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. But who asked her?
My Thoughts:
After reading this I can now see why a few of Terry McMillan's books are movies. This title would have made a nice movie as well. In Who Asked You? we meet Betty Jean a mother and grandmother with a lot on her plate. Her daughter Trinetta, a drug addict left behind her two kids and disappeared without a trace.
Betty Jean now has the responsibility of raising two young boys, while having to take care of an ailing husband. Between this and dealing with her other two children Quentin (estranged because he thinks he is better than everyone else) and Dexter who is serving time in prison, Betty Jean keeps wondering where it all went wrong in life because she didn't ask for all this.
Apart from her children we also meet Betty Jean's two sisters Arlene and Venetia who also have problems woth kids and marriage as well. This book speaks about motherhood, family relationships and even forgiveness. I absolutely loved this book and I am going to definitely find and read her other books.
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