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My Brother's Wife: An Old-School Soap
For stylish and outspoken Freddie Glass, the only Black life that matters most is her own...until she meets her twin brother's wife.
SHORT DESCRIPTION:
After their 25th birthday, in 1992, flaming hetero Freddie Glass slowly begins to realize that she and her twin brother Fred share more than just the same beautiful brown eye color. They share the same eye for women.
Full Description:
Meet Freddie Glass, bold, outspoken 25-year-old African American who thinks she has the world figured out. A vain young woman who loves to dress stylishly, Freddie boasts that her only use for men occurs when she “get[s] the urge to go out—or just get[s] the urge,” and she insists on buying five-hundred-dollar outfits when she doesn’t have money to keep food in the fridge. Standing at the threshold of the nineties, Freddie holds racial views that were more popular in the seventies. And as a transplanted Philadelphian, she doesn’t realize that her contempt for the South reflects her own ignorance more than it does that of the “inarticulate” Southern blacks she despises.
But Freddie’s prejudicial rush through life comes to a halt when she meets Amanda, the new wife of Freddie’s twin brother Fred. An Alabaman living in Georgia, Amanda’s gentle, nurturing, selfless ways, as well as her disciplined dietary and housekeeping habits, jolt Freddie into something she has never experienced before: an actual unselfish friendship with another woman. And when erotic images about Amanda begin to seep into Freddie’s thinking, she must reevaluate not only her sexuality but also her feelings about the South and the contentious relationship she has with her twin brother.
(AUTHOR´S WARNING: Coarse language, strong sexual content; not suitable for all readers.)
SHORT DESCRIPTION:
After their 25th birthday, in 1992, flaming hetero Freddie Glass slowly begins to realize that she and her twin brother Fred share more than just the same beautiful brown eye color. They share the same eye for women.
Full Description:
Meet Freddie Glass, bold, outspoken 25-year-old African American who thinks she has the world figured out. A vain young woman who loves to dress stylishly, Freddie boasts that her only use for men occurs when she “get[s] the urge to go out—or just get[s] the urge,” and she insists on buying five-hundred-dollar outfits when she doesn’t have money to keep food in the fridge. Standing at the threshold of the nineties, Freddie holds racial views that were more popular in the seventies. And as a transplanted Philadelphian, she doesn’t realize that her contempt for the South reflects her own ignorance more than it does that of the “inarticulate” Southern blacks she despises.
But Freddie’s prejudicial rush through life comes to a halt when she meets Amanda, the new wife of Freddie’s twin brother Fred. An Alabaman living in Georgia, Amanda’s gentle, nurturing, selfless ways, as well as her disciplined dietary and housekeeping habits, jolt Freddie into something she has never experienced before: an actual unselfish friendship with another woman. And when erotic images about Amanda begin to seep into Freddie’s thinking, she must reevaluate not only her sexuality but also her feelings about the South and the contentious relationship she has with her twin brother.
(AUTHOR´S WARNING: Coarse language, strong sexual content; not suitable for all readers.)
404 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 19, 2012
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June 9, 2019
OMG!!!!
I don't really have the right words to begin describing this book. All I know is, my jaw was constantly on the floor. I felt as if I was actually watching a real, live soap opera. The twists and turns in this story will have you on the edge of your seat and anxious for more. It's definitely a page turner and is very different from other stories I've read. This book brings the drama, the passion and is all out raw. It hits on some tough topics and ideologies and will certainly teach you to NEVER judge a book by its cover. Don't even waste your time debating on whether or not you should read this book because I'm here to tell you, you should and you won't regret it. I know I'll be reading it again. I can't wait for the Audible to come out and I hope Toni finds a narrator who will do it justice. Enjoy!🤓
I don't really have the right words to begin describing this book. All I know is, my jaw was constantly on the floor. I felt as if I was actually watching a real, live soap opera. The twists and turns in this story will have you on the edge of your seat and anxious for more. It's definitely a page turner and is very different from other stories I've read. This book brings the drama, the passion and is all out raw. It hits on some tough topics and ideologies and will certainly teach you to NEVER judge a book by its cover. Don't even waste your time debating on whether or not you should read this book because I'm here to tell you, you should and you won't regret it. I know I'll be reading it again. I can't wait for the Audible to come out and I hope Toni finds a narrator who will do it justice. Enjoy!🤓
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