The beloved #1 Essence bestselling authors of Tryin\' to Sleep in the Bed You Made now deliver a novel in which you\'ll meet their most unforgettable characters yet.
Virginia lives in New Jersey, and Donna lives in Brooklyn, New York..
Virginia and Donna first met while working as models, and what should have been a rivalry ended up as a decades-long friendship.
Tryin\' to Sleep in the Bed You Made won the Merit Award for fiction from the black caucus of the American Library Association, the Book of the Year award from Blackboard, and the New Author of the Year Award from the Go On Girl Book Club.
About the Author: Virginia Deberry and Donna Grant are the bestselling authors of Far from the Tree and Tryin\' to Sleep in the Bed You Made .
But what will be the lasting legacy of their friendship? Better Than I Know Myself is a novel of heartache, triumph, tears, and the unshakeable bonds among women.
One of them won\'t survive.
And as the years progress, from the 1980s to the present day, they are challenged by drug addiction, fame, secrets from the past, sickness, betrayal, and the darkest things women can face.
When the three of them meet, their lives are at a crossroad.
Columbia is the way for her to get a Better life-if she can hold down two jobs and keep her GPA up.
A child of the projects whose father is dead and whose mother has vanished, Carmen has been raised by her abusive brother.
Carmen is just trying to get by.
No one can see, though, how far Regina\'s rebellious side will take her (or how treacherous it will become).
Her picture-perfect parents are what she calls "black Ward and June Cleavers" and their goals for her are like a stranglehold.
Regina is the definitive upper-middle-class African-American girl.
Now, though, she wants two things-to get a serious education, and to leave her controlling stage mother behind.
Jewel is Hollywood royalty: as the teenage star of the TV show "Daddy\'s Girl," her face is instantly recognizable all across America.
When they meet as freshmen at Columbia University, they\'re pretty confident that a friendship among them isn\'t in the cards.
Carmen, Jewel, and Regina could not be more different.
The beloved #1 Essence bestselling authors of Tryin\' to Sleep in the Bed You Made now deliver a novel in which you\'ll meet their most unforgettable characters yet
