Her son Dexter is about to be paroled from prison Quentin, the family success, can't be bothered to lend a hand and taking care of two lively grandsons is the last thing BJ thinks she needs. BJ, a trademark McMillan heroine, already has her hands full dealing with her other adult children, two opinionated sisters, an ill husband, and her own postponed dreams-all while holding down a job delivering room service at a hotel. Kaleidoscopic, fast-paced, and filled with McMillan's inimitable humor, 'Who Asked You?' opens as Trinetta leaves her two young sons with her mother, Betty Jean, and promptly disappears. Now, in her eighth novel, McMillan gives exuberant voice to characters who reveal how we live now-at least as lived in a racially diverse Los Angeles neighborhood. Strong-hearted kids lead the family back to each other-but McMillan's story belongs to the middle-aged steel magnolias who value loyalty above all.' '-Publishers Weekly'įamily ties are tested and transformed in the new novel from #1 'New York Times 'bestselling author of 'Waiting to Exhale' and 'How Stella Got Her Groove Back' With her wise, wry, and poignant novels of families and friendships-'Waiting to Exhale,' 'Getting to Happy,' and 'A Day Late and a Dollar Short 'among them-Terry McMillan has touched millions of readers. McMillan deftly weaves her tale of a black Los Angeles family's disharmony around the narratives of bickering sisters Betty Jean, Arlene, and Venetia as they watch their kids stumble into adulthood. Praise for 'Who Asked You?' 'A well-crafted story of acceptance, forgiveness, and hope.

Who Asked You? by Terry McMillan