The Interruption of Everything

Terry McMillan

Aug 2006 · Sold by Penguin

About this ebook

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Terry McMillan comes a “frank, no-holds-barred, humorous look at African-American midlife” (The Seattle Times).

“Being a lifetime wife and mother has afforded me the luxury of having multiple and even simultaneous careers: I've been a chauffeur. A chef. An interior decorator. A landscape architect, as well as a gardener. I've been a painter. A furniture restorer. A personal shopper. A veterinarian's assistant and sometimes the veterinarian. I've been an accountant, a banker, and on occasion, a broker. I've been a beautician. A map. A psychic. Santa Claus. The Tooth Fairy. The T.V. Guide. A movie reviewer. An angel. God. A nurse and a nursemaid. A psychiatrist and psychologist. Evangelist. For a long time I have felt like I inadvertently got my master's in How to Take Care of Everybody Except Yourself and then a PhD in How to Pretend Like You Don't Mind.

But I do mind.”

Today forty-four year old Marilyn Grimes has decided to be something other than a wife, a mother, a sister, or a daughter: herself. But first, she has to figure out exactly who that is....

Ratings and reviews

I loved Marilyn's character and her crazy friends. I love the storyline about the interruptions in our lives. The best part is how she dealt with them. I felt that when the end came I was expecting more. There has GOT to be another book, part 2. There are too many situations that I felt like needed to be talked about and closed. E.g. the situation with Joy's death? I would like to know what happens with the kids, and the lawsuit, etc. Too many included scenarios..

It was a great soap opera. Nice to get away from reality television and have good wholesome drama. Great read couldn't put it down.

The characters were wonderful and I loved the stories. There were numerous typographical errors that disrupted the reading.

About the author

Terry McMillan is the award-winning, critically acclaimed #1 New York Times bestselling author of Waiting to Exhale, Getting to Happy, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, A Day Late and a Dollar Short, The Interruption of Everything, Who Asked You?, Mama, Disappearing Acts, I Almost Forgot About You, It’s Not All Downhill From Here, and the editor of Breaking Ice: An Anthology of Contemporary African-American Fiction. She lives in California.