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Sybil Barkley-Staples (Author)
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)


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October 2002
Maxine Harrell owns one of the many hair salons on Detroit's West Side. "Fashion Hair," stands out from all the others and her customers know it. Maxine spent her childhood watching her grandmother transform women from feeling down and out to loving themselves bringing smiles to their faces, all the while supplying some extra income to the household pot. "Doing hair," is her destiny. Still single and knocking on thirty's door, Maxine is desperately searching for someone real to love. With the help of her girl's she'll get by, but staying determined to find happiness.

Indira Carr is well educated, beautiful, the Head Curator at the cities hottest art gallery, and married to one of Detroit's most respected men. She has it all it seems, but her marriage to a man twenty years her senior is turning out to be more than she can handle. Bewildered and torn by her changing predicament, her friends are her only hold to reality. Indira's emotional bank is at an all time low, but a sweet surprise is on the way.

Sydney Carr wants something more dearly, she wants her family back. The man who claimed he loved her more than life itself, then abandoned her while she was pregnant with their daughter, she wants him back. Her holier than thou and deeply religious mother, who kicked her out of the house for being so careless with her life. She wants her back too. As the youngest of the trio, Sydney has matured into an independent woman, who has proven she can take care of herself and a child. But for Sydney, it was more important to prove she could be a good mother, a good wife, and a good daughter. Her faith in God, her father's unconditional love, and her three girls are what keep her going.


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"A moving story of love, hope and forgiveness that will touch your heart" -- Venise Berry, author of Colored Sugar Water

Product Details

  • Paperback: 303 pages
  • Publisher: Sadorian Publications (October 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0971814872
  • ISBN-13: 978-0971814875
  • Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 6.3 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 15 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,202,712 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars She'll Learn, January 11, 2003
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What an amazing story that details the lives of three distictly different, young women with very real, complex issues in their lives. After reading this novel, the characters in the book are extremely real to me. I would love to go where the story is based in Detroit, Michigan and meet these women, however they only exist in, "She'll Learn." Its a story that will make you think, laugh and cry while creating suspenseful pictures in your mind.

This book exposes issues that my generation, ages 30-34, can relate to without excluding other aged readers. Whenever I find a good read, I spread the word so that others may share in the excitement and warmth of a story. I am now encouraging all to read, "She'll Learn" and explore the intriguing worlds created by new, young author Syblil Barkley-Staples - this is a name to remember.

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars About She'll Learn from the author, January 15, 2003
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She'll Learn untangles the web of life's trials and tribulations. Its lesson is being taught each day you live it. Maxine, Sydney, and Indira learn that nothing else matters, but true friendship. They figure that although they all lead separate lives their lives all effect each other. Together they always make it through.

"Togetherness offers a woman time to vent, to give and receive support, express themselves, and to comfort one another throught the trials and tribulations of their lives. Women aren't looking for sloutions to their problems, only friendship." -Aunt Betsy

Here's what people are saying about "She'll Learn"

"A moving story of love, hope and forgiveness that will touch your heart"

-Venise Berry, Author of Colored Sugar Water

"Wonderful page and an even more WONDERFUL book! She'll Learn is going to be a literary HIT!"

-Linda Dominique Grosvenor, Author of Like Boogie On Tuesday & Fever

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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Sensitive, life-affirming novel from an Exciting New Talent, January 21, 2003
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Sybil Barkley-Staples lyrical novel "She'll Learn" has the audacity to explore the lives of three vibrant but very different woman and inject a non-feminist dignity to the tale. What's most refreshing about embarking on this adventure is how expertly Barkley-Staples balances the emotions and motivations of the woman and avoids what could have effortlessly plummeted into cliche. That the book succeeds so splendidly is a testament to this intruiging new author and I look forward to her latest achievement.
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Papa Joe, Aunt Betsy, Miss Lee, Reverend Givens, Indira Carr, Eldridge Moss, Maxine Harrell, Happy Thanksgiving, Madame Delaney, Anthony Reid Carter, Attorney Sterling, Bruce Washington, Happy New Year, Sydney Angela Hastings, Billie Holiday, Luther Vandross
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