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008 190514s2017 nyu g 000 1 eng d
010 $a 2016053049
020 $a9781250074164 (hbk.) :$cNT$945
040 $aTWTNM$beng$dTWTNM
050 00$aPS3610.O3758$bA83 2017
082 04$a813.6$222
100 1 $aJohnson, Sadeqa,$eauthor.
245 10$aAnd then there was me /$cSadeqa Johnson.
250 $aFirst Edition.
260 $aNew York :$bThomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press,$c2017.
300 $aviii, 292 p. ;$c25 cm.
500 $aSubtitle taken from jacket cover.
520 $a"Bea and Awilda have been best friends from the moment Awilda threw her fourteen year-old self across Bea's twin-sized bed as if they had known each other forever. Bubbly, adventurous Awilda taught sheltered, shy Bea how to dress, wear her hair and what to do with boys. She even introduced Bea to her husband, Lonnie, in college, who pledged to take good care of her for the rest of their lives. But philanderer Lonnie breaks that promise over and over again, leaving Beato wrestle with her self-esteem and long time secret addiction. Recently Lonnie has plopped the family in a New Jersey upper class suburb, which lacks the diversity that Bea craves but has the school district and zip code envy that Lonnie wants. The demands of carrying a third child and fitting into this new environment while pretending that her husband is not cheating on her again, is more than she can handle. And just when she thinks things can't get any worst, the ultimate deception snaps the little thread that was holding her life together and all comes tumbling down. Sadeqa Johnson's And Then There Was Me is the story of love and friendship, heartache and betrayal. It's the journey of a woman stripped down to her lowest point and needing to find the will to press on"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0$aAfrican American women$vFiction.