Virginia DeBerry and Donna Grant, the #1 Essence bestselling
authors of Tryin' to Sleep in the Bed You Made now deliver Better
Than I Know Myself, a novel in which you'll meet their most
unforgettable characters yet.
Carmen, Jewel, and Regina could not be more different. When they meet as
freshmen at Columbia University, they're pretty confident that a
friendship among them isn't in the cards.
Jewel is Hollywood royalty: as the teenage star of the TV show "Daddy's
Girl," her face is instantly recognizable all across America. Now,
though, she wants two things--to get a serious education, and to leave
her controlling stage mother behind. Regina is the definitive
upper-middle-class African-American girl. Her picture-perfect parents
are what she calls "black Ward and June Cleavers" and their goals for
her are like a stranglehold. No one can see, though, how far Regina's
rebellious side will take her (or how treacherous it will become).
Carmen is just trying to get by. A child of the projects whose father is
dead and whose mother has vanished, Carmen has been raised by her
abusive brother. Columbia is the way for her to get a better life--if
she can hold down two jobs and keep her GPA up.
When the three of them meet, their lives are at a crossroad. And as the
years progress, from the 1980s to the present day, they are challenged
by drug addiction, fame, secrets from the past, sickness, betrayal, and
the darkest things women can face. One of them won't survive. But what
will be the lasting legacy of their friendship? Better Than I Know
Myself is a novel of heartache, triumph, tears, and the unshakeable
bonds among women.
