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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The bestselling author of How Stella Got Her Groove Back and Waiting To Exhale is back with the inspiring story of a woman who shakes things up in her life to find greater meaningNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY LIBRARY JOURNALIn I Almost Forgot About You, Dr. Georgia Youngs wonderful life - great friends, family, and successful career - arent enough to keep her from feeling stuck and restless. When she decides to make some major changes in her life, including quitting her job as an optometrist and moving house, she finds herself on a wild journey that may or may not include a second chance at love. Georgias bravery reminds us that its never too late to become the person you want to be, and that taking chances, with your life and your heart, are always worthwhile. Big-hearted, genuine, and universal, I Almost Forgot About You shows what can happen when you face your fears, take a chance, and open yourself up to life, love, and the possibility of a new direction.Its everything youve always loved about Terry McMillan.Praise for I Almost Forgot About You"McMillan paints relationships in joyous primary colors; her novel brims with sexy repartee, caustic humor, and a fluent, assured prose that shines a bright light on her memorable characters. Her very best since Waiting to Exhale." - O: The Oprah Magazine"The novel is immensely companionable, and Georgia is as alive, complex, inquiring, motivated and sexy as any twenty-five-year-old. Maybe more so." - The New York Times Book Review "Self-discovery, second chances and the importance of family are thematic hallmarks of McMillans novels. . . . I Almost Forgot About You checks all the boxes." - Washington Post "McMillan is funny and frank about men, women and sex. Her summaries of Georgias marriages and major love connections . . . are powerful and poetic." - USA Today "Reading a Terry McMillan book feels like catching up with an old friend. . . . I Almost Forgot About You is a book that is important for readers of every age." - Ebony
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Terry McMillan is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Waiting to Exhale, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, A Day Late and a Dollar Short, andThe Interruption of Everything and the editor of Breaking Ice: An Anthology of Contemporary African-American Fiction. Each of Ms. McMillan's seven previous novels was a New York Times bestseller, and four have been made into movies: Waiting to Exhale (Twentieth Century Fox, 1995) ; How Stella Got Her Groove Back (Twentieth Century Fox, 1998) ; Disappearing Acts (HBO Pictures, 1999) ; and A Day Late and a Dollar Short (Lifetime, 2014) . She lives in California.Photo Credit: Matthew Jordan Smith.
