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Virginia DeBerry

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Literature & Fiction, Contemporary

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We are best friends who’ve been co-writing women’s fiction since 1990. For more information about who we are, what we do and...what we did, please visit deberryandgrant.com. We can also be found online at: Facebook.com/deberryandgrant
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The End of This Chapter

This isn’t easy to say which is why it has taken us so long
to say it. But so many of you have asked and continue to ask when the next book
is coming. Our answer has been somewhat oblique and indefinite “We’re taking a
break…” or “We’re not working on anything now…” because it was less complicated
than explaining what’s actually happening with us.

So here goes…

No, neither of us is ill.

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	Tryin' to Sleep in the Bed You Made by Virginia DeBerry (Goodreads Author), Donna Grant 4.23 avg rating — 5,170 ratings — published 1996 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Better Than I Know Myself by Virginia DeBerry (Goodreads Author), Donna Grant 4.21 avg rating — 2,070 ratings — published 2004 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Far from the Tree by Virginia DeBerry (Goodreads Author), Donna Grant (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 953 ratings — published 2000 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What Doesn't Kill You by Virginia DeBerry (Goodreads Author), Donna Grant 4.08 avg rating — 617 ratings — published 2009 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gotta Keep on Tryin' by Virginia DeBerry (Goodreads Author), Donna Grant 4.05 avg rating — 536 ratings — published 2008 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Uptown 3.79 avg rating — 211 ratings — published 2010 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Exposures by Virginia DeBerry (Goodreads Author), Donna Grant 3.98 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tryin' To Sleep In the Bed You Made by Virginia DeBerry (Goodreads Author), Donna Grant (Goodreads Author), Fran L. Washington 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tryin' to Sleep in th Bed you Made by Virginia DeBerry (Goodreads Author), Donna Grant (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Far From the Tree by Virginia DeBerry (Goodreads Author), Donna Grant (Goodreads Author), Fran L. Washington (Narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“One of the great jokes of life is that by the time you're old enough to recognize how little you know, all you can do is mop up the aftermath, dump it in a giant personal hazmat container and move on.”
― Virginia DeBerry Donna Grant, What Doesn't Kill You

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Apr 02, 2010 10:49AM

Hey Ladies, thanks for finding me here! I haven't posted, really, I was just following some chats about my books and then...forgot to come back! This is such a great site!

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