What
Doesn't Kill You
"Coming January 2009"
“I really thought I had a handle
on life—then it broke off.”
Straight-talking and witty, Tee is a fly forty-something.
Divorced since her daughter was young, Tee has been “handling
her business,” and she’s done all right. Organized,
responsible and loyal, Tee went from being the first employee
of a start-up purveyor of organic lotions to the right-hand
of the president of what became a major player in the home
and personal fragrance market.
But
then everything changes and for he
first time in 25 years, Tee doesn’t know who she is
or what she’s going to do. She spent her life investing
her hopes and dreams in someone else’s. Now it’s
her chance to invest in herself. Can she step out on faith
and a dream?
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A story as big as New York
City itself. Enter the world of Uptown where you'll find a
prominent New York family strained to the breaking point by
the high stakes Manhattan Real Estate Industry…....
After twenty years of Foreign
Service abroad, Avery Lyons returns to New York when her mother
and uncle suffer a serious car accident. The tragedy brings
the family together, but Avery is not happy about reuniting
with her cousin, Dwight, from whom she has been estranged
since the fallout over a college scandal. Avery no longer
recognizes the tony, prestigious neighborhood of her childhood
but the same old family dynamics and secrets are all too familiar.
....
Heir to a real estate empire,
Dwight is willing to do anything to realize his aging and
demanding father's dream: Dixon Plaza, a luxury high-rise
development on Central Park North, the last undeveloped border
of the city's famed emerald park. There's only one thing in
his way: Avery has inherited a share of the property Dwight
needs. She's more than willing to sell until she starts dating
a reporter on a mission to uncover the truth behind the rumored
shady dealings surrounding the complex. ....
A poignant exploration of one woman's
quest for identity and the true price of greed, politics,
unfettered ambition--- and forgiveness. Prepare for a steamy,
provocative, sexy, turbulent read…
"DeBerry and Grant capture timely and increasingly
universal themes with this dramatic, epic and often tragic
story of triumph and failure."
--Publishers
Weekly
". . .relatable characters we
either love, or love to hate; contemporary issues that are
pertinent to those of us who care about our people and our
heritage; and a strong believable plot infused with passionate
conflict---ALL set in Harlem, a place which still holds the
aroma of Langston Hughes' dreams: "What happens to a Dream
deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun . . . or
does it explode?"
--Angela
Reid
Imani Literary Group
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