Better Than I Know Myself

By: Virginia DeBerry, Donna Grant

Narrated by: Lisa Renee Pitts

The beloved #1 Essence best-selling authors of Tryin' to Sleep in the Bed You Made now deliver a novel in which you'll meet their most unforgettable characters yet. Carmen, Jewel, and Regina could not be more different. When they meet as freshmen at Columbia University, they're pretty confident that a friendship among them isn't in the cards.

Jewel is Hollywood royalty; as the teenage star of the TV show Daddy's Girl, her face is instantly recognizable all across America. Now, though, she wants two things: to get a serious education and to leave her controlling stage-mother behind. Regina is the definitive upper-middle-class African-American girl. Her picture-perfect parents are what she calls "black Ward and June Cleavers", and their goals for her are like a stranglehold. No one can see, though, how far Regina's rebellious side will take her, or how treacherous it will become. Carmen is just trying to get by. A child of the projects whose father is dead and whose mother has vanished, Carmen has been raised by her abusive brother. Columbia is the way for her to get a better life, if she can hold down two jobs and keep her grade point average up.

When the three of them meet, their lives are at a crossroad. And as the years progress, from the 1980s to the present day, they are challenged by drug addiction, fame, secrets from the past, sickness, betrayal, and the darkest things women can face. One of them won't survive. But what will be the lasting legacy of their friendship? Better Than I Know Myself is a novel of heartache, triumph, tears, and the unshakeable bonds among women.

©2004 Virginia DeBerry and Donna Grant (P)2004 Blackstone Audiobooks

Better Than I Know Myself

This is my first book review. Not because this is the best book I have ever read, but this is my first opportunity to express my opinion.
I loved this book. It is so well written. I absolutely loved the voice of the reader. I look forward to the next book by these two authors.

Wonderful Story of Friendship Love and True Family

This book takes you through every emotion a person could possibly feel. If you cannot relate to this book, you are a shell of a person!
It is a must read (or must listen) ha ha ha.

Loved It!

This book was so good I listen to it twice.

Wow

This was a really good book. The narrarator captured the heart and soul of each character. The relationships are described supurbly with such depth and shows how great the authors are.

If you want to laugh and cry -this book is for you. Great read.

Great Story

At first I wasn't sure if I wanted to listen to a story that was 19 hours, however this book kept my attention and at the end I wanted more.