It's Not All Downhill From Here: A Novel

Terry McMillan

Mar 2020 · Sold by Ballantine Books

About this ebook

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • After a sudden change of plans, a remarkable woman and her loyal group of friends try to figure out what she’s going to do with the rest of her life—from Terry McMillan, the bestselling author of How Stella Got Her Groove Back and Waiting to Exhale
 
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY MARIE CLAIRE AND GOOD HOUSEKEEPING • “Poignant, funny and full of life, this is a balm for troubled times.”—People

Loretha Curry’s life is full. A little crowded sometimes, but full indeed. On the eve of her sixty-eighth birthday, she has a booming beauty-supply empire, a gaggle of lifelong friends, and a husband whose moves still surprise. True, she’s carrying a few more pounds than she should be, but Loretha is not one of those women who think her best days are behind her—and she’s determined to prove wrong her mother, her twin sister, and everyone else with that outdated view of aging wrong. It’s not all downhill from here.

But when an unexpected loss turns her world upside down, Loretha will have to summon all her strength, resourcefulness, and determination to keep on thriving, pursue joy, heal old wounds, and chart new paths. With a little help from her friends, of course.

Ratings and reviews

I have always loved everything Terry McMillan has written and this novel was no exception. The characters especially Loretha had me invested with the first page.I would have probably read the novel in one day but I started late in the day and was so disappointed that I needed to get some rest. The characters are so rich and warm with personality its hard not to imagine that you know them in real life. I had a wide range of emotions anger, sadness, happiness as I read the book. 10/10

absolutely love Terry McMillan books 📚 she delivers extraordinary life experiences that you just can imagine.This Book is definitely a must read no matter what age you are she brings life into existence bad days,trouble times,good times all that and more just shows how anyone can turn it all around and get through anything in life no matter what.

This is a great read with characters that seem to leap off the pages. I love how Terry makes being 60 something seem like a wonderful and fulfilling experience!

About the author

Terry McMillan is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Waiting to Exhale, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, A Day Late and a Dollar Short, and The Interruption of Everything, and the editor of Breaking Ice: An Anthology of Contemporary African-American Fiction. Each of McMillan’s nine previous novels was a New York Times bestseller, and four have been made into movies: Waiting to Exhale, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Disappearing Acts, and A Day Late and a Dollar Short. She lives in California.