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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
The author of My Daughter's Boyfriend re-sifts and comes up with an irresistible title based on a cool-headed premise. Anya Meadows suffers from FSAD—Female Sexual Arousal Disorder ("a condition that affects 47 million women for a variety of reasons"). To keep her husband Neil ("a taller, thinner, less insane version of Mike Tyson") from leaving her and daughter Reese, she proposes a contract: find a girlfriend, sort of: oral sex only, encounters no more than twice a week, no falling in love. The book opens, alas, with Anya sitting at home, awaiting word on the birth of Neil's new son, Braxton, with Neil's contract-girlfriend (and co-worker) Danielle. Rax shifts the book's first person among the three principles fluidly: Anya loves her stay-at-home-mom lifestyle, dependent on Neil's job as a capital projects manager at a local Houston college. Trying-to-do-the-right-thing Neil loves Anya, but also cares for the few-class-tiers-lower Dani, who is (in her own words) "spirited, decent-looking, employed, fun-loving, supportive." But among other drama, Neil's boss finds it unacceptable that a married, "high-profile" member of the department is "openly having babies with someone else." Rax manages the fallout from her exaggerated plot with insight, zip and wit, and airs multiple conflicts within black middle-class life in compelling detail. (Nov.)
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From Booklist
Tracey Kendricks had her daughter, Lauren, when she was 17. She has instilled in Lauren the importance of waiting to have sex. Now that she is 17, Lauren is struggling to follow her mother's advice and maintain her relationship with her first boyfriend, Aaron. He is older, extremely handsome, and patient, yet he is anxious for their relationship to develop. Innocently, Aaron begins to flirt with Tracey, whom he finds smart and sexy. Reeling from another disappointing relationship and hurtful breakup with a man her own age, Tracey is caught off guard by her response to his advances. She discovers that, in spite of his youth, Aaron is quite mature and understanding. Tracey and Aaron become involved in a hot and secret affair that has immense consequences. When they are discovered, Tracey has to face up to her daughter in a way that is both painful and regretful. Tracey and Lauren attempt to heal and rebuild their mother-daughter relationship in a book that reads like an episode from Jerry Springer. Lillian Lewis
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The author of My Daughter's Boyfriend re-sifts and comes up with an irresistible title based on a cool-headed premise. Anya Meadows suffers from FSAD—Female Sexual Arousal Disorder ("a condition that affects 47 million women for a variety of reasons"). To keep her husband Neil ("a taller, thinner, less insane version of Mike Tyson") from leaving her and daughter Reese, she proposes a contract: find a girlfriend, sort of: oral sex only, encounters no more than twice a week, no falling in love. The book opens, alas, with Anya sitting at home, awaiting word on the birth of Neil's new son, Braxton, with Neil's contract-girlfriend (and co-worker) Danielle. Rax shifts the book's first person among the three principles fluidly: Anya loves her stay-at-home-mom lifestyle, dependent on Neil's job as a capital projects manager at a local Houston college. Trying-to-do-the-right-thing Neil loves Anya, but also cares for the few-class-tiers-lower Dani, who is (in her own words) "spirited, decent-looking, employed, fun-loving, supportive." But among other drama, Neil's boss finds it unacceptable that a married, "high-profile" member of the department is "openly having babies with someone else." Rax manages the fallout from her exaggerated plot with insight, zip and wit, and airs multiple conflicts within black middle-class life in compelling detail. (Nov.)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
From Booklist
Tracey Kendricks had her daughter, Lauren, when she was 17. She has instilled in Lauren the importance of waiting to have sex. Now that she is 17, Lauren is struggling to follow her mother's advice and maintain her relationship with her first boyfriend, Aaron. He is older, extremely handsome, and patient, yet he is anxious for their relationship to develop. Innocently, Aaron begins to flirt with Tracey, whom he finds smart and sexy. Reeling from another disappointing relationship and hurtful breakup with a man her own age, Tracey is caught off guard by her response to his advances. She discovers that, in spite of his youth, Aaron is quite mature and understanding. Tracey and Aaron become involved in a hot and secret affair that has immense consequences. When they are discovered, Tracey has to face up to her daughter in a way that is both painful and regretful. Tracey and Lauren attempt to heal and rebuild their mother-daughter relationship in a book that reads like an episode from Jerry Springer. Lillian Lewis
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
See all Editorial Reviews
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