![]() ![]() ![]() FICTION / African American / Contemporary Women.Label Who asked you? Title Who asked you? Statement of responsibility Terry McMillan Creator The drama unfolds through the perspectives of a rotating cast of characters, pitch-perfect, each playing a part, and full of surprises". 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 as a hotel maid. 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. ![]() Summary "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. ![]()
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