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Summary: No Ordinary Woman
Review: An excellent book. A book of love, trust, betrayal, friendship, and choices. You will enjoy this book. Donna Hill has done a great job. You will enjoy reading this book. I highly reccommend it.
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Summary: Scandalous!
Review: How many times have we heard about girlfriends breaking the #1 Rule? Nothing good ever comes of a friend betraying a friend and such is the case in this book. I just knew Donna was going to disappoint me and have that fairy-tale/romantic ending that she's so accustomed to writing in her romance novels. I was overjoyed to find that Lisa was not so forgiving of Asha (and Ross) and gave them both the boot. Who needs 'em?!
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Summary: Scandalous!
Review: How many times have we heard about girlfriends breaking the #1 Rule? Nothing good ever comes of a friend betraying a friend and such is the case in this book. I just knew Donna was going to disappoint me and have that fairy-tale/romantic ending that she's so accustomed to writing in her romance novels. I was overjoyed to find that Lisa was not so forgiving of Asha (and Ross) and gave them both the boot. Who needs 'em?!
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Summary: Boring Boring Slow
Review: I have been trying to finish this book for about two weeks. This story is drawn out and boring. I generally like to finish a book once I have started but I have to put this one down.
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Summary: Simply Wonderful
Review: I just completed Donna Hill's An Ordinary Woman. I really enjoyed it. It was beautifully written and was easily captivated by the characters. Right from the beginning I felt bad for Lisa, her life was too perfect and my experience is those who have perfect lives are usually very boring people. I thought Lisa was too persistent for any man let alone Ross, someone that was constantly living up to the perception of others wishes. And Asha, poor Asha. I loved her and felt sorry for her. I know someone just like her. I wanted to just give her a hug and tell it would be all right...guess you just can't do that to fiction characters. However, it was a great book that made me want to call my sister in Killeen TX and simply say I love you.
Even though this book didn't end anything like I thought it would have, I must say it was good, and well written.
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Summary: great great read
Review: i just loved this book it was so good and so scandelous but this type of stuff happens everyday i love donna hills books shes a great author ..(well besides some of her arebasque books) her novels are much better.
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Summary: Wants to be just like every other woman
Review: I really enjoyed this novel, you feel for all the main characters: Lisa, Asha, and Ross. This book was written beautifully, and I didn't get confused when they would reminisce to past events. I don't want to give anything thing away, but the betrayal that occurred, makes you think if Lisa and Ross's marriage was going to last anyway. My favorite character was Lisa, and I'm happy she found peace in the end.
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Summary: WHY??????????
Review: In this story Donna Hill attempts to answer the question why and how did this betrayal happen in this book. I was really into the book and trying to feel what happened, but I really thought about it and hell no could I ever forgive my best friend for so many years if she slept with my husband. Call me unforgiving and mean and even hateful. I am just keeping it real and showing you reality. I didn't like the ending but then again Donna Hill kept it real. Donna you did a great job at making a sister think about some real issues.
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Summary: I Do...Or Do I?
Review: Love plus commitment divided by betrayal equals destruction, resulting in the one person that you least suspect being the very person that destroys your life.Donna Hill, author extraordinaire and Essence Bestselling Author, has composed a "lesson to be learned" tale that shares the lives of three closely-knit friends whose lives are disrupted by one meaningless, yet hurtful act.
Lisa, the calm and conservative professor, comes from a very stable upbringing. In hopes of having her marriage to Ross emulate the loving and doting marriage that is shared between her mother and father, Lisa consumes herself with planning her life down to the minutest details. Ever since childhood, she has been a stickler for perfection and organization. Lisa, though, does not realize how her high expectations and detailed preparations are eating away at her husband's ego. However, all the planning in the world couldn't prepare Lisa for the event that was about to upset her world - the betrayal of her husband and best friend. Asha, the footloose and fancy-free photographer, lives life to the fullest by living spontaneously. Although she appears to be happy and content on the outside, Asha is at a constant struggle within herself to find love and acceptance. As different as night and day, Asha and Lisa have remained the best of friends since childhood. Coming from a single parent, dysfunctional home, Asha finds comfort and affection in the close relationship that she shares with Lisa and Lisa's family. Unknown to others, she secretly desires and admires Lisa's life-devoted family, devoted husband, etc. Over the years, Asha has had numerous insignificant affairs and used many people in an attempt to fill a void of worthlessness that she experiences in her life and that she depicts in her photographs. But never had she imagined that Ross, her best friend's husband, would be the object of her redemption. And then there's Ross. Ross, the architect and devoted soul mate, has always been the provider in his past relationships. However, when squared off against Lisa's meticulous, take-charge attitude and having to face the reality of becoming unemployed within the first several months of being married, Ross starts to have doubts about his self-worth. He starts to question his ability to care for Lisa the way that he had care for his mother and sister. Eventually, his feelings of inadequacy lead him into the arms of another woman, one who made him feel needed, wanted-that woman being Asha. This novel was a pleasant read with a poetic undertone. I would like to commend Ms. Hill on her ability to create flashback scenes that do not lose the reader or overshadow the story. Instead, the well-placed flashbacks contribute immensely to the strong character development, which helps to answer the readers' questions as to why the characters reacted the way that they did to certain situations that were presented. By no means is there anything "ordinary" about this "exceptional" novel and I anticipate the release of her next novel, In My Bedroom.
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Summary: Life changing decisions
Review: One of the most unforgiving acts in the world is betrayal of a best friend. "Ordinary Woman" deliveries the story of childhood friends Lisa and Asha. Lisa is the good girl from a two parent house hold who has a controlling personality. Asha is free spirit and spontaneous and has a troubled relationship with her mother. After the vows life isn't as perfect as Lisa would like and she forces Ross to re-think the whole marriage thing. Asha, on the hand is dealing with self doubt. One thing leads to another and before you know it everything is turned up side down. Lives are changed forever. The novel grabbed my attention in the beginning and kept me capativated until the end. The characters were well developed and I felt the highs and lows of each one. Excellent story about friendship, marriage and adultry. This is one that shouldn't be missed. Hats off to Donna.
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