Please Please Please: A Novel

by Renee Swindle

Babysister gets what Babysister wants. Always has. Always will. After all, she's been spoiled rotten ever since she witnessed her mother's death as a child, and she's made the most of it-especially with her dad. So when her oldest friend, Deborah, begins to date a fine-looking, fine-acting man named Darren-Babysister doesn't think she wants Darren for herself. And what Babysister wants...There are just a few little problems with their secret love affair. Babysister's devoted boyfriend is one. And Darren's lingering doubts about dumping Deborah--light-skinned, church-going, beautiful--is another. But Babysister won't let go, even after Darren crawls back to Deborah--and marries her. Following her love-crazed heart, Babysister jeopardizes friendship, family, and her own self-esteem, until a little dose of reality shows her how much she's been missing all along.

Genres: African American, Fiction

338 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Renee Swindle is the author of Francine's Spectacular Crash and Burn, A Pinch Of Ooh La La, Shake Down The Stars, and Please Please Please.

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Reviews

[Kristy]

Enjoyed reading along with a friend. Went in a different direction than I had initially assumed. Good read.

[Katie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I took a class from Renee in Berkeley extension. She did a great job with this book. It's fluffy and fun and satisfying. (She's also a great teacher so if you are interested, check out her class...)

[Shannan Harper · Rating 4 out of 5]

I picked up this book from the library after reading the author's last book for a book club meeting. This was a good story, especially since a couple of the characters made me very mad at the way they were acting. A very good story.

[liz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love, love, love it!

[Mikala Barber · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF!!! This book is a fast-paced and easy to read but it’s toxic and trifling. The amount of times that babysister got on my nerves and she isn’t really real person.

[Cariesha · Rating 3 out of 5]

I loved how she added dimension to the characters, but I wasn't 100% on the way it ended. The ending left me incomplete, like there should have been more.