Some Sunday [Hardcover]

Margaret Johnson-Hodge (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Sisterhood, skin color, self-esteem and sex are just a few of the issues Margaret Johnson-Hodge explores in this plainspoken sequel to Butterscotch Blues. Set in New York City, the novel begins as a grieving wife struggles to recover from the loss of her handsome young Trinidadian husband to AIDS. Adrian was the love of Sandy Hutchinson's life, and she's not sure if she can go on without him. The story follows Sandy's recovery and search for love as she stumbles into a relationship with Adrian's brother, Winston, and finally finds peace with Randall, a contractor, who at first rejects her. Sandy's best friends also struggle in their relationships with men, in a series of Sex in the City-like subplots. "Masterful" Martha, a high-powered assistant district attorney, barely copes on the home front. Abandoned at the altar years ago, she battles her demons by drinking too much, while fighting to keep her relationship with Calvin afloat. Janice, driven by insecurities despite her enviable beauty, drives her fianc‚ Cliff into the arms of Rachel, who had relinquished him once before to Janice in the name of sisterhood. Then there's Britney, living the American Dream with a magnificent house in the suburbs, a doting husband and beautiful baby, who finds herself pregnant again while confronting the ramifications of living beyond her means. Tackling controversial questions, often in a graphic manner, Johnson-Hodge has written a captivating sequel that loyal readers and new fans will devour. Agent, Claudia Menza. 15-city author tour.

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From Booklist

From her successful debut novel, Butterscotch Blues (2000), Johnson-Hodge brings back her characters Sandy and Sandy's best friends, Martha, Britney, and Janice. While Sandy is grieving over the death of her husband, Adrian, from AIDS, her friends are dealing with love, family, and financial issues. To ease Sandy's grief, her brother-in-law, Winston, becomes a safe love interest who accepts being with her more than being loved by her. When she decides to have her basement remodeled, she falls for the handsome carpenter, Randall. She is forced to choose between the two men when Winston confronts her with the truth that she has been unable to see. She shamefully acknowledges that his love and concern allowed her to feel safe because she knew that he would not break her heart or run away scared. Her friends--Martha, the district attorney, Britney, the stay-at-home wife and mom, and Janice, the insecure beauty--continue to provide support to one another through their challenges and frailties. This novel is sure to be as popular as Johnson-Hodge's first novel. Lillian Lewis
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 305 pages
• Publisher: Kensington (September 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1575669161
• ISBN-13: 978-1575669168
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,933,740 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Fan of MJH, August 21, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Some Sunday (Hardcover)

First let me start by saying I do not read fiction. Let me add to that that my wife does not read fiction. But one day I saw the cover of Butterscotch Blues and the cover art caught my attention so I picked the book up for a gift. Well the person already had the books so I kept it on the coffee table. While watching TV I casually picked it up and I was hooked from the first page. So naturally I wanted to see what happend next to Sandy, Martha, Britney and especially Janice (who acts and talks just like my sister who happens to have the same name) and I was not disappointed.

To me these four sister interact just like the cast of Sex In The City, but they talk about issues with much more substance.

Margaret Johnson Hodge paints New York City with the vivid strokes of a master. In actuality NYC is the fifth character in the novel. The sounds the smells the tastes are all in there. But most of all she takes a serious issue and shows it from different, interesting yet realistic points of views.

What if you tragically lost your soul mate? What if you found love again and it was perfect? And what if this love just happend to be the brother of your first true love? Like I said its complex.

Thank you MJH for a wonderful story that does not DOG men and shows a realistic view of relationships.

Still not a true fan of fiction. . . but a TRUE fan of Margaret Johnson-Hodge

Sugar Man

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Moving & Realistic Portrayl of Relationships & Life, August 19, 2001

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Cydney Rax "rmn1994" (Houston, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Some Sunday (Hardcover)

Some Sunday continues the story of Sandy and her girlfriends Britney, Janice, & Martha, who were all first introduced in Butterscotch Blues. In this sequel, Sandy is struggling to resume living a life she hadn't ever imagined, one that doesn't include her husband Adrian who died from AIDS. Even though he's gone, so many things still remind her of Adrian, especially her brother-in-law Winston, who greatly favors his brother, and who is there to give Sandy support whenever she needs it. As difficult as it is, life tends to spring forth once she meets a man named Randall, a strong man, but one who requires certain elements if he is to be in a relationship. It is through the trials and tribulations of every day things that will prove whether or not Sandy can regain her strength to move forward, or if she will remain flawed by her past and be robbed of all life has to offer.

In addition to seeing how Sandy fares, we're privileged to witness the journeys of Britney a mother and wife, who realizes that she's blessed and is not afraid to acknowledge that, Janice, a woman who seems to have made strides but who must cope and overcome setbacks, and Martha, a lady who battles demons in the only ways she knows how.

As with all her previous works, Margaret Johnson-Hodge has once again penned a story that delves deep beneath the surface of relationships. In this novel, MJH gets down and dirty, from telling the wondrous things of life, to revealing those shocking and unexpected incidents that make us cringe as we realize everyone goes through troubles and must seek to find deliverance. The writer has done an excellent job in bringing forth this sequel, unmasking numerous emotions, showing the strength and downfall of the human spirit, and still providing hope by the story's end. Bravo, Margaret. I'm ready for the next one!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Girls Are Back!, October 9, 2001

By 

Yasmin Coleman (PENNSYLVANIA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Some Sunday (Hardcover)

Some Sunday is Margaret Johnson-Hodge's eagerly awaited sequel to Butterscotch Blues. Some Sunday continues the story of Sandy Hutchinson, as Johnson-Hodge revisits the lives of Sandy and her three best friends, Martha, Britney and Janice.

As the story opens, Sandy is still battling life without Adrian and while she's wary of love she realizes that she's still alive and that life must go on. But will she succumb to Adrian's brother, Winston or will she give handyman, Randall a chance? In the meantime, Sandy's friends are experiencing their share of ups and downs in the game of life as they dare to follow their hearts but maintain their wit. Brittany is dealing with being a stay at-home mom and wife, and while she has everything she's ever wanted, financial woes have her second guessing whether or not it's the right time to be thinking about increasing her household. Janice is dating the man of her dreams, Cliff(Sandy's brother), but her insecurities are quickly becoming demons and might overtake what's left of her relationship. And Martha is still the ultimate career woman but as the biological clock ticks, she realizes that she wants more and wonders if her current beau, Miles, is the ONE.

Once again, Johnson-Hodge does a wonderful job of inviting us into the lives of her characters and having the reader witness up, close and personal the conflict, challenges and decisions that each character will experience as they determine their futures and as they face new challenges, new lessons and new loves on the never-ending journey called life. However, I must admit that I had mixed feelings about Some Sunday. I so thoroughly enjoyed Butterscotch Blues that I really didn't want a sequel...I wanted well enough left alone. On the positive, I liked that Some Sunday seemed to provide more balance and attention to the four characters and that it was everyone's story rather than just Sandy's. However, I didn't get the same warm, engaging, riveting, poignant feel that I experienced with Butterscotch Blues. While each character had grown, they were also more gritty, edgy, sarcastic and sometimes the friendships weren't even warm or inviting. But then I guess the hard knocks of life sometimes has a funny way of creeping up on you and knocking off the rose-colored glasses. As a reader, I'm glad to have had the privilege to read both Butterscotch Blues and Some Sunday...but...now I'm ready for something different from this talented and creative writer. I believe that Some Sunday has finally brought closure to Sandy and the girls and, as such, I anxiously await and look forward to new characters and storylines from Ms. Johnson-Hodge.