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All She Ever Wanted

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When Victoria, an only child meets Daryn who is from a large loving family they become best friends for life. The fact that there is a racial difference is of no importance to them but even in this modern world prejudism is against them, on both sides. Driven by a desire for professional success and parental approval, Victoria pushes hard to meet her goals but in doing so is left trapped in her memories and wondering if it was all worth the effort.

Daryn's family teaches her about love and old fashioned values while helping her heal from her disastrous attempts at personal relationships
In her search for answers to the past and prejudisms she learns about her own families involvement in slavery, the good and the bad.

Victoria has everything she thought she wanted. Financial success with all the benefits and power but without family, love and support.

T.L. Cooper has a talent for description that has you feeling the sun on your face at the farm and hunger for the tastes at a good seafood restaurant. Emotions of love, fear, grief and confusion are unavoidable as you she draws you into current issues in the world she has created in her story.

Sorry to disagree with other reviewers, but this was weak. Victoria was a very cold unlikeable character. I would read 100 pages and still feel that all I knew was that Victoria did not like her own parents, loved the Yorks, was career driven, had no time for dating and thought that Daryn was her best friend. It was soooo repetitive.

I found the book to be the same thing over and over. If Mama York said, "Victoria, child" one more time--- Yikes! I found it funny that she did not speak to her own children that way. I really don't mean to be negative, but I really did force myself to finish the book.

Also the book had probably one hundred typographical and grammatical errors that a good editor should have corrected. This also distracted from the flow of the book.

T. L. Cooper's All She Ever Wanted is the story of a blossoming interracial friendship between a white woman and an African-American man and his family. Victoria Caldwell must confront and deal with her own prejudices, as well as those of her family, and those of her ancestors as recorded in their journals. A thoughtful, insightful look into the changing human mind and spirit evoked by an interracial friendship, All She Ever Wanted is a superbly written, highly recommended novel showcasing a theme that is as historic and universal as interracial human experience, and contemporary as today's newspaper headlines.

I enjoyed reading All She Ever wanted. I could relate to Victoria, I saw alot of myself in her. I liked the attention to detail, sometimes I felt like I was in the places that she was! Yes, there was a few (and I emphasize that there were only a few...typos) but nothing that truly took away from the story, not like the other review said. Aside, from that I highly recommend you read this book! It's well worth the time! And it's hard for me to sit and read, I'm fidgety! So that's truly a compliment!

This writer is not only talented she is in touch with reality. Prejudices have always been apart of our world and TL Cooper is able to deal with it in a REAL way and also away to make you get beyond that and see people and enjoy the wonderful world of reading. Wonderful story that can bring out the best of anyone that reads this book. I can't wait for the next book!!

Teresa