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Since Terry McMillan's breakout novel Waiting To Exhale surged onto the
bestseller lists, critics and readers alike have been captivated by her
irreverent, often-hilarious take on the issues faced by contemporary
women. With The Interruption of Everything she picks up, pitch-perfect,
the dilemmas of midlife: an empty nest. Hormones gone wild. Too many
irrelevant demands and too little room to breathe.
Marilyn Grimes is about ready to jump out of her skin. She's the
consummate wife and mother of three grown kids. She's got a
no-great-shakes-but-a-good-provider of a husband, Leon; and a live-in
mother-in-law, Arthurine, who comes with a bingo-playing beau, Prezell,
and an elderly pooch, Snuffy. Marilyn's two best friends, Paulette and
Bunny, are the quintessential take-no-prisoners, vintage McMillan
girlfriends who will be there when Marilyn jumps, but... she's just not
sure exactly where that will be... or when. First, she needs to remember
what she used to love and call back some of her own postponed dreams. But
just as Marilyn's plans for making changes are taking shape, life comes up
with a few twists of its own. Suddenly Marilyn must reinvent just about
everything: marriage, friendship, family-and not least of all, herself.
The Interruption of Everything is a triumphant testament to the fact
that the detour is the path, and living life "by the numbers" never quite
adds up.
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