How Stella Got Her Groove Back Read By Terry McMillan
| Title | : | How Stella Got Her Groove Back |
| Author | : | Terry McMillan |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Page | : | 416 pages |
| ISBN | : | 0451209141 |
Stella Payne is forty two, divorced, a high powered investment analyst, mother of eleven year old Quincy and she does it all In fact, if she doesn t do it, it doesn t get done, from Little League carpool duty to analyzing portfolios to folding the laundry and bringing home the bacon She does it all well, too, if her chic house, personal trainer, BMW, and her loving son Stella Payne is forty two, divorced, a high powered investment analyst, mother of eleven year old Quincy and she does it all In fact, if she doesn t do it, it doesn t get done, from Little League carpool duty to analyzing portfolios to folding the laundry and bringing home the bacon She does it all well, too, if her chic house, personal trainer, BMW, and her loving son are any indication So what if there s been no one to share her bed with lately, let alone rock her world Stella doesn t mind it too much she probably wouldn t have the energy for love and all of love s nasty fallout anyway But when Stella takes a spur of the moment vacation to Jamaica, her world gets rocked to the core not just by the relaxing effects of the sun and sea and an island full of attractive men, but by one man in particular He s tall, lean, soft spoken, Jamaican, smells of citrus and the ocean and is half her age The tropics have cast their spell and Stella soon realizes she has come to a cataclysmic juncture not only must she confront her hopes and fears about love, she must question all of her expectations, passions, and ideas about life and the way she has lived it.Told in Stella s own exuberant, dead on, dead honest voice, How Stella Got Her Groove Back is full of Terry McMillan s signature humor, heart, and insight More than a love story, it is ultimately a novel about how a woman saves her own life and what she must risk to do it
about Author
Terry McMillan is an African American author Her interest in books comes from working at a library when she was fourteen She received her BA in journalism in 1986 from the University of California at Berkeley and the MFA Film Program at Columbia University Her work is characterized by strong female protagonists.Her first book, Mama, was self promoted She achieved national attention in 1992 wit Terry McMillan is an African American author Her interest in books comes from working at a library when she was fourteen She received her BA in journalism in 1986 from the University of California at Berkeley and the MFA Film Program at Columbia University Her work is characterized by strong female protagonists.Her first book, Mama, was self promoted She achieved national attention in 1992 with her third novel, Waiting to Exhale, which remained on The New York Times bestseller list for many months Forest Whitaker turned it into a film in 1995 In 1998, another of McMillan s novels, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, was made into a movie McMillan s novel Disappearing Acts was subsequently produced as a direct to cable feature.Her last novel, 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 
Disappearing Acts
Waiting to Exhale
Mama
A Day Late and a Dollar Short
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Stella Payne is forty two, divorced, a high powered investment analyst, mother of eleven year old Quincy and she does it all In fact, if she doesn t d
416 pagesTerry McMillan
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