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Summary: Groovin' With Terry
Review: Terry McMillan, more well known for the 1995 film *Waiting to Exhale*--she wrote the text in which the movie was based--moves on into her new venture, *How Stella Got Her Groove Back*. Whatever you do, don't let the panned film prejudge your thoughts on this wonderful book.McMillan pens a character who is a single mother forty, and coincidentally black, but don't let that dissuade you from picking this up. Although reading from a female, single, white perspective, there were few times I ever felt alienated, for McMillan brilliantly tells inexorable truths about being single in America today. Stella, the main character, has raised her son, established a lucrative career, and settled into a comfortable life finding her independence from men and society; yet something pulls her to a spontaneous Jamaican holiday and inevitably a 21 year old native man named Winston. What follows is a juggling act that any May/December romance would produce. Stella reproves herself constantly, unable to believe Winston would actually want to be with her, and unable to make a commitment after what the world has taught her. She confesses that "what I do know deep down although I keep it secretly secret is that I am terrified at the thought of losing myself again wholeheartedly to any man because it is so scary peeling off that protective sealant that's been guarding my heart and letting somebody go inside and walk around lie down look around and see all those red flags especially when right next to year heart is your soul and then inside that is the rest of your personality puzzle pieces and they're full of flaws and in your grown-up years you have just finally started to recognize them for what they are one by one." This narrative, a no-holds-barred free for all, tumbles easily like a mountain stream. McMillan speaks to her readers as friends and thus Stella becomes anyone you know, or yourself, because she tells you information as if you were best friends. This style, mostly associated with women writers and minorities in particular, may not jell with what we've been taught in the canonized versions of literature; yet it moves with such fluidity you can't help but smile and turn the pages. McMillan speaks of Jamaica in such beautiful and colorful language, I felt like an American tourist sharing the beach with her. Her admiration for beautiful bodies, no color specific, is a lesson to all on how to see the attractiveness within every person. After maintaining a long-distance relationship, with its drawbacks and pitfalls, Stella journeys to Jamaica again, this time with her son Quincy in tow to vote yea or nea on Winston. What she learns is that no one, not even her son, can make a heartfelt decision about love for her. Does love conquer all? Is she able to throw the yoke of society and its view on older women/younger men relationships? And does she eventually tell her mother and sister knowing the reproach she will certainly receive. Well, I'm not going to tell you. Pick up the book.
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Summary: How Stella Got Her Groove Back Book Review
Review: The book is about How Stella Got Her Groove Back. Stella goes to Jamaica to have a good time,not lookoing for a relationship. But she ends up finding on with a younger man. She gets her groove back because she has not been with a man in a long time better yet a young man. Her sister is always trying to tell stella want to do even though Stella is fourty two years old. Stella is a very independent women she does every thing for her son, she doesn't need help from anybody. I like this book because its not boring every chapter you read is exciting. I also like that Stella is a very independent women, i want to be that way. She dosn'e depend on no man thats the best thing to do. I recommend this book to alot of people because you'll never be bord. Some people may not like this book because its very detailed and some might think its gross because stella goes into detail on alot of things. If you read this book you'll want to read all of the other books by Terry McMillan.
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Summary: Give Terry A Break
Review: This summer I saw "Stella.." sitting on the shelves at Wal-Mart. Being a big fan of Terry McMillan I thought I'd buy it and put it on my bookshelf. See, I'd actually read the book via the local library when it first came out and to be honest, I wasn't feeling it. Yes, admittedly it was those overrun sentences, etc. But this time around, I LOVED IT! I had to realize the book was written based on the character's thought pattern. Stella was cool. Neurotic, but interesting nonetheless. And so, this time around, I consider it one of my favorites novels. I just don't understand all the Terry McMillan bashing that's going on like she's a terrible writer to be compared with, she can't write, yada, yada, yada. What gives? Give her a break. Her success, her style has opened up the Africian-American literary world to COUNTLESS (well, maybe you can count them) new and emerging Af-Am writers. We won't name them, but they know who they are. LOL! I'm saying all this to say, don't give up McMillan; she has a lot more to say (fingers crossed). And, yes, KEEP WRITING BOOKS PLEASE. Thank you very much!
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Summary: This book was great
Review: This book along with her other books was great.I could idenified with each char.Ihave friends who was just like stella fell in love with younger men age don,t mean nothing its whats in your heart. and I also loved whoopies part it was very real shows good friendship.I hope she do disapearing act that also was a good book so terry keep up the good work.
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Summary: Reading the run-on sentences got kind of aggravating.
Review: I thought the book was good. But it would of been better if it weren't for the run-on sentences without commas.
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Summary: A Hillarious and enjoyable book
Review: I love this book. I was first hesitant about reading it but after seeing a glimse of the movie preview, I got interested. Am I glad that I read the book! I really enjoyed the characters introduced and especially the development of the personalities of the primary characters. I was laughing, irritated and crying as I read this book. I recommend it to everyone who is in a relationship no matter what their race or creed!
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Summary: This book was very realistic and interesting
Review: "How Stella Got her Groove Back," was a great book. Stella was a middle aged, wealthy woman.She had a son named Quincy that went to go visit with his father, and that gave Stella the opportunity to take a vacation to Jamaica alone. Thats where she met Winston the twenty one year old man who gave her, her groove back. Stella felt that Winston was too young but his mature, suave attitude swept Stella off of her feet. This romantic novel taught me that when you feel the sparks it shouldnt matter how old you are or how old the other person is because love is love and we all need it sometimes.
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Summary: fantastic
Review: this story is about a black lady who saw an advertisement of Jamaica while she was alone at home watching tv and she went to Jamaica and found herself a new Jamaican boyfriend who is only 20years old only.Stella is already 42.
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Summary: Half of the book was enough
Review: The beginning of the book was nice and fun, the second half was redundant, since nothing interesting happened.
Rating: 
Summary: Half of the book was enough
Review: The beginning of the book was nice and fun, the other half was redundant, cause nothing interesting happened.
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