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    Gotta Keep on Tryin': A Novel

    By Virginia DeBerry and Donna Grant

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    From the bestselling authors of Tryin' to Sleep in the Bed You Made comes a heartwarming tale of how true friendship can overcome life's obstacles.

    Gayle Saunders and Patricia Reid have been lifelong friends, as close as sisters. When they were teens their dreams led them down separate paths and away from each other. But they reunited as adults, drawn back together by a bond of friendship that stood the test of time.

    Now Pat and Gayle co-own the Ell & Me Company, a business they founded based on a character Gayle created years ago for her daughter. Things are going well, but real-life dramas ensue as each must face issues from the past in order to protect the future.

    Pat and Marcus look like the perfect twenty-first-century couple -- smart, talented, each at the helm of a high-profile enterprise and at the top of their game. But behind closed doors their marriage is challenged by the stresses of a two-entrepreneur household. Will their professional pursuits leave them time for each other and a family, or carry them into the arms of others? Will a paternity claim prove to be too much of an obstacle to overcome?

    Gayle faces her own family drama and struggles to maintain control of her life. Despite dating other men, has she ever really gotten over her ex-husband, Ramsey, the gambler who left her and their daughter, Vanessa, in financial ruin? Gayle bends over backward to provide a stable, comfortable home for Vanessa, and support her dream of becoming a dancer. And Vanessa, a rebellious and hurtful teen, seems just as devoted to making Gayle pay for every mistake she has ever made. And what ever happened to Ramsey?

    In Gotta Keep on Tryin', Virginia DeBerry and Donna Grant bring us heroines who remind you, for better and worse, of women everywhere -- women who know that true friendship keeps us grounded. And when things get rough the bond between women can be stronger than any trials we face.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTouchstone
    Release dateJan 8, 2008
    ISBN9781416554509
    Author

    Virginia DeBerry

    Virginia DeBerry is a bestselling, award-winning author. With her co-writer Donna Grant, she is the author of Tryin’ to Sleep in the Bed You Made, which won the Merit Award for Fiction from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association, as well as the 1998 Book of the Year Award from the Blackboard Bestseller List. They are also the authors of Far From the Tree and Better Than I Know Myself, both Essence bestsellers. A graduate of SUNY at Buffalo, Virginia worked for 10 years as a high school English teacher in Buffalo, before moving to New York to start a successful career as a plus size model. She met Donna while they were both working as models, and what should have been a rivalry ended up as a decades-long friendship. Virginia lives in New Jersey.

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    • 4/5
      I was excited to read a sequel to "Tryin' to Sleep in the Bed You Made" which was . However, the sequel "Gotta Keep on Tryin'" was not as suspenseful or as engaging as "Tryin' tp Sleep in the Bed You Made". "Gotta Keep on Tryin'" was a little slow at times. The writing is a bit disjointed and not as unified as "Tryin' to Sleep in the Bed You Made". The story line was disappointedly very predictable. For the most part I was pleased with the way the characters turned out, but I found the storyline in this book getting bogged down as the authors tried to fill readers in with the storyline of the the previous book. Nonetheless, DeBerry and Grant did a wonderful job of incorporating some timely issues such as eating disorders, infidelity and domestic abuse into this story. As a fan I definitely wouldn't mind reading more about DeJohn and Tiffani with an "i"