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Better Than I Know Myself,Used
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Product Description The beloved #1 Essence bestselling authors of Tryin' to Sleep in the Bed You Made now deliver a novel in which you'll meet their most unforgettable characters. Carmen, Jewel, and Regina could not be more different. When they meet as freshmen at Columbia University, they are at a crossroad, and each is pretty confident that a friendship among them isn't in the cards. Jewel is Hollywood royalty. As the teenage star of the television show Daddy's Girl, her face is instantly recognizable all across America. Now, though, she wants only to get a serious education and to leave her controlling stagemother behind. Regina is the definitive uppermiddleclass African American girl. Her pictureperfect parents are what she calls "black Ward and June Cleavers" and their goals for her are like a stranglehold. And no one can see how far Regina's rebellious side will take heror how treacherous it will become. Carmen is just trying to get by. A child of the projects whose father is dead and whose mother has vanished, she has been raised by her abusive brother. Columbia is the way for her to get a better lifeif she can hold down two jobs and keep her GPA up. As the years progress, they are challenged by drug addiction, fame, secrets from the past, sickness, betrayal, and the darkest things women can face. But each has what the others need, and their circle of sisterhood, though strained, is never brokennot even by death. Better Than I Know Myself is a novel of heartache, triumph, tears, and the unshakeable bonds among women. About the Author Virginia DeBerry and Donna Grant are the bestelling authors of Far from the Tree and Tryin' to Sleep in the Bed You Made, which won an Honor Award for Fiction from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association, the Book of the Year Award from Blackboard, and the New Author of the year Award from the Go on Girl! Book Club. The authors met while working as models, and what should have been a rivalry ended up a decadeslong friendship. Lisa Renee Pitts is an accomplished actress in theater, film, and television, appearing in The Practice, The Shield, and Law & Order. A native New Yorker, she holds a BFA in theater arts from Rutgers University and resides in Burbank, California.Patrick Fraley has created voices for over four thousand characters, placing him among the top ten performers of all time to be cast in animated programs. He holds an MFA in acting from Cornell University and is the author of the only charactervoice curriculum ever to be accredited at the university level.Hillary Huber is one of the most successful voice talents in Los Angeles. Recent books read for Blackstone Audio include Him, Her, Him Again, the End of Him by Patricia Marx, A Field of Darkness by Cornelia Read, and A Map of Glass by Jane Urquhart.
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