Monday, December 26, 2016

Who Asked You? by Terry McMillan


Betty Jean (BJ or Betty Bean as her sister calls her) has some family.  Right now her husband is homebound with Alzheimers, one son is in jail, one son thinks he is too good for the family and her only daughter is a hair away from losing her to children to Child Services. 

Betty Jean is having a hard time right now. Her son may be getting paroled and needs to live at home.  Her daughter dropped off her 2 sons and hasn’t been seen for months. A woman in her fifties should not be raising children, but Betty Bean just might have to take care of her two grandsons.

I like how each character gets their own chapter to tell their story.  The shortest chapter is Ricky’s and it’s eleven lines. He is one medication and basically his story is that he is not taking any more medication!

This is the author’s 8th book and it’s a doozy.  It’s all about family and the issues that come about and who is not talking to who and who it telling the other persons business.  As always, Ms. McMillan knows how to tell a story!

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