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What Doesnt Kill You

What Doesnt Kill You

By Virginia Deberry and Donna Grant

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"I really thought I had a handle on life--then it broke off. " Divorced since her daughter, Amber, was young, forty-something Tee has been "handling her business"--supporting herself after her would-be songwriter husband took off for L. A. --and she's done all right. But then everything changes. First, she's outplaced from her longtime job and doesn't tell anyone.

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Publisher: Touchstone Books
Publish Date: 01/12/2010
Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781416564218
ISBN-10: 1416564217
Language: English

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"I really thought I had a handle on life--then it broke off.
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Divorced since her daughter, Amber, was young, forty-something Tee has been "handling her business"--supporting herself after her would-be songwriter husband took off for L.A.--and she's done all right. But then everything changes. First, she's outplaced from her longtime job and doesn't tell anyone. Then she throws her daughter a dream wedding and, after overindulging in champagne, Tee wakes up in bed with the younger best man. For the first time in twenty- five years, she doesn't know who she is or what she's going to do every day. Deep in denial, Tee continues to live her life as if nothing has changed. After a series of financial missteps compound her already shaky situation, she teeters on the edge of bankruptcy. That's when she decides that it's time to wake up and face reality. Beyond "making money," Tee never really decided what she wanted to do with her life. Then she just stopped thinking about it and invested her hopes in someone else's dream. Now it's her chance to invest in herself. Can she step out on faith to follow her own dream?

About the Authors

Virginia DeBerry was a successful plus-size model, former Vice President of BB/LW modeling agency and served as editor-in-chief of Maxima magazine before becoming a novelist. DeBerry is a graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo. She currently resides in central New Jersey.

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Best friends for 40 years, Virginia DeBerry and Donna Grant first met while working as models, and what should have been a rivalry ended up as a decades-long friendship.

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