

She’s worried about the surprise Carl is planning for her 69th birthday.

King that she takes to the park while she reads her AARP newsletter. She is married to Carl, who she loves more than Twizzlers. In her latest offering, from the very first page when we meet Loretha Curry, we know something is about to happen to her idyllic life. We know the minute we pick up one of her novels that there’s going to be some major truth-telling about the inner workings of black women forging through challenges. Period.TERRY MCMILLAN’S READERS will flock to her newest work, It’s Not All Downhill From Here, expecting her signature style of contemporary storytelling with a heap of realism only she can deliver. I’m not sure about Terry’s other books but judging by this one, I don’t think I will read the next one from hers. I know this review is flat and portrayed a rather simplistic view but it's purely my personal opinion. So basically you’ll read about how Mildred raised her kids, how her kids branched out by themselves and survived in the big-bad world and eventually how they treated their beloved mother.

It’s just that the storyline progresses like a soap opera albeit without cliffhanger in between chapters ( at least soap operas have cliffhangers ok :-P) and before you knew it, the characters are all grown up and Mildred is left all alone. In Mildred’s world, men come and go as quickly as her paychecks, but her five children are her dream, her hope, and her future.”ĭon’t get me wrong but there’s nothing fundamentally wrong with this book.

“It ain’t that I don’t believe in God, I just don’t trust his judgment.” Mildred Peacock is the tough, funny, feisty heroine of Mama, a survivor who’ll do anything to keep her family together. I mean no disrespect to the author but this book is supposed to portray the main character, Mildred Peacock as ( sic), " the tough, funny, feisty heroine of Mama." Perhaps I didn’t dwell deep into the character or imagine myself in her shoes but truth to be told, the storyline is rather flat and mundane to say the least. This novel entitled Mama by Terry McMillan started off rather nicely but by the time I reached the second quarter of the book, all the slang and mundane family squabbles started to get on my nerve. I wish I could do that but I simply can't. I wish I can review this novel in a more positive tone.
