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Book Signing of Nappily In Bloom
Las Vegas
Tuesday, February 16 @ 6:30 PM
2190 N. Rainbow Blvd.
Las Vegas, NV 89108
Co-hosted by Evibe
But in Our Family Wedding, a romantic comedy opening March 12, both the bride and groom are people of color, just different hues. Their prejudiced fathers, however, can see only red.
America Ferrera (Ugly Betty) stars as a law student, the first from her Latino family to go to college, and Lance Gross (House of Payne) is a black medical student, who proposes a quick wedding before whisking his love off to a foreign land as part of Doctors Without Borders. Read full reviewI can't wait for this movie. It releases early March. I'm truly anticipating this film. I hope it mends, heals, and brings some peace between the black and brown pot of potential gold. Heaven forbid people of color actually like each other. I mean, how crazy would that be? Heaven forbid, we all acknowledge each other for whatever struggles we have experienced and move on. Love is love, friendship is friendship. The only requirement is showing up and offering good old fashioned respect.
In this installment of the Nappily series, Venus is making a go of her flower store, In Bloom. She's hoping that she and Jake will finally be able to live a quiet, normal life raising their daughter, Mya. But then Legend, a figure from Jake's hip-hop past, shows up. Where Legend goes, trouble follows, at least that's the way Venus sees it.
Meanwhile, as the wedding coordinator for Keisha's impending nuptials, Venus also has to find a way to keep Televangelist Trevelle and Judge Delma apart, as the two mothers vie over their shared daughter, a task that proves near impossible.
The action in NAPPILY IN BLOOM just kept coming and never once felt contrived. Every time Venus thought things couldn't get worse, they did. Every time it seemed that Trevelle and Delma had gotten as bad as they could possibly get, they proved the reader wrong.
The story was fun and fast-paced, and although I hadn't read the first four books, I quickly understood who all the players were and their relationships to one another without wading through a dry, "commercial break" chapter. Thomas' characters reflect the urban reality of folks who'd prefer not to interact with the police, blue collar husbands, Ivy League lawyers, entrepreneurs, and more, who share the same space, interacting with and interrupting one another as they each carve out their own journey.
I can't imagine how I managed to miss Trisha Thomas' books before now, but that's a state of deprivation I absolutely plan to do something about.
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"Thomas once again lets her characters tell their stories in lively and distinctive voices. Smartly paced, fast and funny."--Kirkus Reviews
"Nappily Ever After. It's beautiful, funny, but has a deep message about women. Women slave for their hair! It's all about how we compare ourselves to other women, how we size ourselves up. It's a look at this one woman's life, and she goes through this metamorphosis when she gets rid of her hair. Not only does she feel different, but people treat her differently. She's now more like an alien than the hottest chick on the block. She's got to reboot and discover who she really is."-- Halle Berry(Harpers Bazaar)
"Brilliantly funny, black-girl power chick lit."
--Hype Hair
"This latest novel proves that Thomas has few peers when spinning a cliffhanger."
--Essence Magazine