Got A Man [Paperback]

Daaimah S. Poole (Author)

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Kim is a young mother and has been involved with Malik for several years when she discovers that she is pregnant. She asks Malik to get married. Just as they are beginning to plan for their future, Malik meets Shonda, a single mother who left Philadelphia to start a new life in Atlanta. After six disappointing months she returns home. On her first temporary assignment at a law firm, she meets Malik. He is a paralegal well liked by his peers and the attorneys at the firm. Immediately Malik begins showering Shonda with compliments on her appearance and work. Slowly, they separate themselves from the office group outings and began to go out alone and date after work. Soon their office romance is no longer a secret and Kim gives him an ultimatum. After Kim gives birth to their son alone, he begins to feel guilty and misses the family life they shared. Malik finally makes a choice, but is it the right one? Three very interesting characters whose fate ends with a twist. Lillian Lewis
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Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Kensington (August 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0758202423
• ISBN-13: 978-0758202420
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,367,294 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It's Real!, August 18, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Got A Man (Paperback)

I could not believe the ending of this book, but nevertheless, it was so real....it happens all the time. I have to say that the book was a page turner, despite the typos here and there. Shonda deserved her butt kicked...point blank. She is a prime example of the selfish trifling women out there that will go to no means to ruin someone else's situation, despite the circumstances. Let's not forget about Malik in this scenario...he is even more so to blame for being so weak, and letting temptation get the best of him. He was selfish, and playing both sides of the fence. Poor Kim didn't know what hit her....but oh well, at least Shonda did her a big favor....because who wants to be with a man like that anyway. I hope Ms. Poole writes a sequel to this showing Shonda's downfall, letting her know, what goes around comes around! Keep writing Daaimah!!

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Triflin', August 2, 2004

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Angela C. Sadler "[e-mail]" (Pittsburgh PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Got A Man (Paperback)

This book is basically about 2 stupid hoes. One is educated and the other is a ghetto hoodrat. Why oh why are these chickenheads fighting ober this no good dog? What is the moral of this story? I could understand if Malik ended up with Kim or if they BOTH kicked him to the curb. But noooo, after Kim spends all this money on this wedding, Shonda comes in and ruins it and feels she's got herself some sort of prize or something! And then they never show Malik interacting with Shonda's daugther Bree. Instead of Malik breaking up with Kim and finding his own place, he moves in with Shonda. A man making good money like he is should be able to find his own place. Is this what Ms Poole defines as healthy relationships? A man going from woman to woman? Women letting him lay up with them and they both got kids of their own? I think the people in this book are triflin' just to say they GOT A MAN!

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Cheaters never REALLY win, August 1, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Got A Man (Paperback)

Just like in MJ Hodge's True Lies the trifling women always come out on top. But when you think about it, what did Shonda really win? If anything she did Kim a favor. I guess Shonda never heard the phrase if 'he steps out on her, he'll step out on you.' I wanted to slap both Kim and Shonda upside the head for tangling over Malik. You see Kim's situation (coming home from college pregnant) all the time but I give her props for trying to better herself. But she made a mistake alot of young women make these days: When you and your man's relationship is on the blink, having a baby doesn't remedy the situation; 9 out of 10 it makes it worse and it's selfish to bring an innocent child into an unstable and foolish relationship. I would've given the book five stars if not for that b.s. ending. Shonda should've gotten what was coming to her. Ms. Poole makes it seem as if it's okay to wreck a relationship, and everything will be peaches and cream for the homewrecker. REALITY CHECK. What goes around most certainly comes around in life. Hmm, paying for wedding arrangements only to have the ceremony crashed and the Groom walk is grounds for shooting a nucca and his *****! And that's for REAL!