Bea
and Awilda have been best friends from the moment Awilda threw her fourteen-year-old
self across Bea’s twin-sized bed as if they had known each other forever.
Bubbly, adventurous Awilda taught sheltered, shy Bea how to dress, wear her
hair and what to do with boys. She even introduced Bea to her husband, Lonnie,
in college, who pledged to take good care of her for the rest of their lives.
But philanderer Lonnie breaks that promise over and over again, leaving Bea to
wrestle with her self-esteem and long time secret addiction.
Recently Lonnie has plopped the family in a New
Jersey upper class suburb, which lacks the diversity that Bea craves but has
the school district and zip code envy that Lonnie wants. The demands of
carrying a third child and fitting into this new environment while pretending
that her husband is not cheating on her again, is more than she can handle. And
just when she thinks things can’t get any worst, the ultimate deception snaps
the little thread that was holding her life together and all comes tumbling
down.
Sadeqa
Johnson's And Then
There Was Me is the story of
love and friendship, heartache and betrayal. It’s the journey of a woman
stripped down to her lowest point and needing to find the will to press on.
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About the author:
SADEQA JOHNSON is a former public relations
manager who spent years working with well-known authors such as JK Rowling,
Bebe Moore Campbell, Amy Tan, and Bishop TD Jakes before becoming an author
herself. Her debut novel, Love in a Carry-on Bag, was the recipient
of the 2013 Phillis Wheatley award for Best Fiction and the 2012 USA Best Book
award for African-American fiction. She is also the author of Second House from the Corner and resides in Virginia with her husband and three children.
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