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I'm Telling
Karen E. Quinones Miller
$21.00 / Hardcover
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- ISBN 0743214358
- Simon & Schuster
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From Publishers Weekly
Incest, drug addiction, publishing intrigue and a lesbian wedding are just a few
of the outrageous plot elements juggled in Miller's second novel, a disjointed
and often lurid story about the ups and downs of a young black woman whose
family has a major flair for histrionics. Faith Freeman is the 30-ish
protagonist who has a great life with her boyfriend, a former coke dealer turned
investment banker named Henry Prince, as well as a budding career as a New York
literary agent with a brainy, lesbian business partner. But the cross she bears
is her troubled family, most notably her twin sister, Hope, a crack whore who
was molested at 10 by their stepfather and then went on to sleep with her
mother's subsequent men. Miller (Satin Doll) creates a freewheeling cast of
flawed characters, setting up a jarring stylistic juxtaposition between the
lighthearted romantic scenes involving Faith and Henry, some similarly easygoing
work sequences that portray cantankerous clients and landmark authors (including
a thinly disguised Walter Mosley character) and the ongoing eruptions among
Faith, Hope and their troubled mother, Irene. While she does manage to fit all
the pieces together, many of the family scenes are planted firmly in Jerry
Springer territory: Hope's severe emotional problems are too often presented in
a titillating manner that borders on exploitation. But overall, it's certainly
not boring. Agent, Liza Dawson. (July 23) Forecast: Satin Doll, initially
self-published, became a Blackboard bestseller; expect a similar reception for
Miller's coyly titled latest. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.
