Already at the top of the Blackboard Bestseller List, this critically acclaimed fresh voice in African-American literature is both passionate and lively. In this, Kimberla Lawson Roby’s second novel, strong people explore the complexities of such true to life issues as relationships, single parenthood, and infertility. Racquel and Marcella are sisters with hardly any in common, except that each wants the actual other has. Racquel has a beautiful house, a fulfilling profession and a loving hubby. But powered by her desperate longing for a child, she is alienating her spouse and family members. Marcella is an individual mom, trying to aid her two kids with a low paying job, food stamps, and occasional child support from a deadbeat ex-husband. She won’t allow anyone to hinder her dream for a better lifestyle, not her own children. Narrator Donna Bailey skillfully makes the emotionally effective encounters of two ladies as they figure out how to acknowledge their losses. Sometimes funny and frequently heartbreaking, their story details listeners with a note of therapeutic and hope.