Gives you a gentle nudge to LIVE life.., 10 Dec 2005
once I started on this book, I knew there'll be a price to pay for staying up all night. I was more than happy to pay it. Its a very gripping, true to life tale that got me spring cleaning my thoughts and re-evaluating my goals and objectives. I'd recomemend it to every man, woman married or single.

Vintage Terry, 25 Aug 2005
An an unmarried 26-year old, I wondered how engaging I would find 'The Interruption of Everything' - a tale of a 40-something woman (with grown-up kids and an errant husband) who is coming to a crossroads in her life. But I have to say I loved this book, as much if not more so than Terry McMillan's previous novels. Her writing just gets better with the passing years, there are plenty of comic moments and the characters seem incredibly real. The evolving storyline kept me gripped throughout and this was a novel I really didn't want to finish. Thank you Terry!! Highly recommended.

Change Your Life, 15 Aug 2005
The last 3 books I have read have all covered a life changing need( You Are Here, Steve Horsfall - 30 something bachelors; A Long Way Down, Nick Hornby - recovering suicidals). The Interruption of Everything goes down the 40 something bored housewife route ( Shirley Valentine!!). Found it a bit dull and boring in places but witty and page turning in others, but did not draw me in as a non 40 something bored houswife.

Empty nest?, 13 Aug 2005
Marilyn is 44. She enjoyed bringing up her three kids and feels she's done a good job of it, but can't help being relieved now that they're all in their 20's and have left home. Unfortunately, it looks like her husband Leon might be thinking of leaving home too - he's got a wardrobe full of hip new clothes and has started buying the same CDs his sons listen to! Marilyn starts to weigh up her own options - what about that college course in jewellery design she's always wanted to take? And how about an affair with her first love, Gordon, recently back in the area and keen to get re-acquainted? Everything really is 'interrupted' when Marilyn goes for the result of a blood test and finds out she's not menopausal, but pregnant...

Gives you a gentle nudge to LIVE life.., 10 Dec 2005
once I started on this book, I knew there'll be a price to pay for staying up all night. I was more than happy to pay it. Its a very gripping, true to life tale that got me spring cleaning my thoughts and re-evaluating my goals and objectives. I'd recomemend it to every man, woman married or single.

Vintage Terry, 25 Aug 2005
An an unmarried 26-year old, I wondered how engaging I would find 'The Interruption of Everything' - a tale of a 40-something woman (with grown-up kids and an errant husband) who is coming to a crossroads in her life. But I have to say I loved this book, as much if not more so than Terry McMillan's previous novels. Her writing just gets better with the passing years, there are plenty of comic moments and the characters seem incredibly real. The evolving storyline kept me gripped throughout and this was a novel I really didn't want to finish. Thank you Terry!! Highly recommended.

Change Your Life, 15 Aug 2005
The last 3 books I have read have all covered a life changing need( You Are Here, Steve Horsfall - 30 something bachelors; A Long Way Down, Nick Hornby - recovering suicidals). The Interruption of Everything goes down the 40 something bored housewife route ( Shirley Valentine!!). Found it a bit dull and boring in places but witty and page turning in others, but did not draw me in as a non 40 something bored houswife.

Empty nest?, 13 Aug 2005
Marilyn is 44. She enjoyed bringing up her three kids and feels she's done a good job of it, but can't help being relieved now that they're all in their 20's and have left home. Unfortunately, it looks like her husband Leon might be thinking of leaving home too - he's got a wardrobe full of hip new clothes and has started buying the same CDs his sons listen to! Marilyn starts to weigh up her own options - what about that college course in jewellery design she's always wanted to take? And how about an affair with her first love, Gordon, recently back in the area and keen to get re-acquainted? Everything really is 'interrupted' when Marilyn goes for the result of a blood test and finds out she's not menopausal, but pregnant...

Excellent, heart renching and touching, 12 Dec 2001
This was the third book I read by Terri Mcmillan, and I can say, it was by far the most touching and familiar for me. It tells the story of a womans struggle to raise her children on her own and the confilcts they face. Like many people I was raised with many siblings by a single, strong, black woman, and could relate to some of the issues raised. It touched my heart and tells a story that must be familiar to many women and sends the message "Don't give up". Well done.

Gives you a gentle nudge to LIVE life.., 10 Dec 2005
once I started on this book, I knew there'll be a price to pay for staying up all night. I was more than happy to pay it. Its a very gripping, true to life tale that got me spring cleaning my thoughts and re-evaluating my goals and objectives. I'd recomemend it to every man, woman married or single.

Vintage Terry, 25 Aug 2005
An an unmarried 26-year old, I wondered how engaging I would find 'The Interruption of Everything' - a tale of a 40-something woman (with grown-up kids and an errant husband) who is coming to a crossroads in her life. But I have to say I loved this book, as much if not more so than Terry McMillan's previous novels. Her writing just gets better with the passing years, there are plenty of comic moments and the characters seem incredibly real. The evolving storyline kept me gripped throughout and this was a novel I really didn't want to finish. Thank you Terry!! Highly recommended.

Change Your Life, 15 Aug 2005
The last 3 books I have read have all covered a life changing need( You Are Here, Steve Horsfall - 30 something bachelors; A Long Way Down, Nick Hornby - recovering suicidals). The Interruption of Everything goes down the 40 something bored housewife route ( Shirley Valentine!!). Found it a bit dull and boring in places but witty and page turning in others, but did not draw me in as a non 40 something bored houswife.

Empty nest?, 13 Aug 2005
Marilyn is 44. She enjoyed bringing up her three kids and feels she's done a good job of it, but can't help being relieved now that they're all in their 20's and have left home. Unfortunately, it looks like her husband Leon might be thinking of leaving home too - he's got a wardrobe full of hip new clothes and has started buying the same CDs his sons listen to! Marilyn starts to weigh up her own options - what about that college course in jewellery design she's always wanted to take? And how about an affair with her first love, Gordon, recently back in the area and keen to get re-acquainted? Everything really is 'interrupted' when Marilyn goes for the result of a blood test and finds out she's not menopausal, but pregnant...

Excellent, heart renching and touching, 12 Dec 2001
This was the third book I read by Terri Mcmillan, and I can say, it was by far the most touching and familiar for me. It tells the story of a womans struggle to raise her children on her own and the confilcts they face. Like many people I was raised with many siblings by a single, strong, black woman, and could relate to some of the issues raised. It touched my heart and tells a story that must be familiar to many women and sends the message "Don't give up". Well done.

Go Terry! and Stella, 18 Nov 2006
Absolutely loved this book. When you remember that it's fiction, you just go with the flow and it's an easy to read thoroughly enjoyable road to escape! One of Terry's best. Loved it. Highly recommended.

Absolutely brilliant!!!, 28 Feb 2001
I thought this book was a great holiday read. It captured my attention within the first chapter. Terry uses a wide range of descriptive language to express her thoughts and ideas about Jamaca.

What a disappointing book!!, 05 Oct 1999
The Jamaican accent is rubbish and the story is soooo unrealistic. How many 20 year olds would ask a 40 something year old woman to marry them after sleeping with her twice? What a load of...

shallow with excruciating dialogue, 20 Jul 1999
A romance novel set in the Caribbean, _How Stella Got Her Groove Back_ lacks even minimal believability. For readers of fantasy, the book is okay, but if you've ever been to Jamaica, heard Jamaicans speak or desire more than shallow scenes in your fiction, look elsewhere, perhaps to Russell Banks (_The Book of Jamaica_)or to Patricia Powell for sustenance. The dialogue on the part of Stella's love interest sounds entirely concocted from Harlequin. Disappointing not even so much for what it is but what it may inspire in others: vapid thinking about a complex culture and copycat novelists hoping to cash in on the same ticket.

True to life, easy to relate to and uplifting., 06 Jul 1999
This book will change your life, not exactly a rollercoaster ride but an experience of Stella's emotions, worries and encounters that will make one feel refreshed and positive.