We never feel those sad moments when Tanya receives the news of her mother’s death. We also don’t get to mourn with the death of Tanya’s mother.ĭeath of a loved one is tragic, depressing and dredges memories and mourning. When Mia makes partner, it’s a moment of celebration, although when Winter opens her second Bed and Breakfast the celebration is glossed over. The friends have experienced each other’s loss, love, and pain as well as their victories and joys. Harris illustrates the importance of friendship among women who can trust each other to tell them the truth even when they don’t want to hear the truth. The foursome has been forever sista-friends who continuously encourage each other despite the distance between them. Four dynamic women, Mia, Winter, Tanya, and Taryn, with remarkable careers, stunning bodies, goddess hair and stylish fashion are waiting to take the next step in their career and their relationships. I found myself always waiting for something to happen, how apropos for the title. Tell me more is how I felt when reading Harris’s debut novel, A Year To Exhale. And when they leave, you can’t wait for them to return, sometimes with more to say. Writers and poets are like friends, you enjoy sitting at the table and listening to their stories and asking questions. I think I’ve said this before, I’m not a book reviewer by any means, however, I do have an opinion about what I read. The books found me: on Linked In, and on the Writer’s Block FB Page. With all that said, I want to chat about two books I’ve read A Year to Exhale, and The River Will Save Us. One thing about poetry, perhaps there is not a story. The poet has no choice but to choose the exact word that provokes and disturbs, creates and inspires the story. (I will not include a nonfiction book in this post.) When it comes to fiction, I’m always dissecting the work, where’s the message, what’s the metaphor, how are the characters developing, will there be another book? Can I visit this place? When it comes to poetry, I luxuriate in the images, the rhythm that creates the story. I’m not fond of this trait about myself, but I deal with it. Reading is not going to help me escape my present situation therefore, I need to learn to deal with reality. I don’t read for escape because I’m a realist. Once upon a time, I read to escape now I read to learn, to laugh, to sharpen my skills, to get experiences, and to hone my writing craft. Reading other people’s stories can be fun, exciting, sad, and insightful despite the genre. Sarah Viren, the author of Mine, puts it this way “genres are crude masks” writers are “made to wear.” Perhaps, that’s why I mix up my reading. When it comes to writing, storytelling comes in more than one form. Poetry has a metrical composition and can be fact or fiction but wrought with emotion and imagery among other aesthetic structures. Non-fiction is based on facts of actual events, slightly blurred. From a literary standpoint: storytelling comes in more than one form. Even when I teach writing or literature, the syllabi are a mixed-genre.
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