So grab your book, grab your PJs, grab your galpals and lets have an online book chat with her. Also if you have questions about natural hair care, have them ready so she can answer.
Umm…who is Lori. L. Tharps?
I’ve heard about Substitute Me, but don’t know what it’s about?
Where is the source of our identities? Our upbringing, occupation, partners? Kate, a driven public-relations exec and mom coming off maternity leave, tells Zora, while interviewing her for a nanny post, that she wants to hire a “substitute me.” Zora, an upper-middle-class African American, wants the job but worries about betraying the dreams of the women who came before her by becoming a domestic. She then finds her passion in cooking, and practices to become a personal chef by feeding the family as part of her duties. Brad, Kate’s egalitarian banker husband, feels uncomfortable making so much money in the pre-meltdown days. Kate misses her son but throws herself wholeheartedly into her work, putting in exceptionally long days. Brad accepts all these household changes, and finds himself spending more time with Zora than Kate. Friends, lovers, co-workers, and family—all armed with opinions and attitudes—play key roles in Tharps’ lively modern domestic drama about why we are who we are. . --Danise Hoover, BookList
Substitute Me reads like ” a modern-day horror story… that will haunt you for days.”
Essence Magazine, August 2010
"Lori Tharps's warm and engaging novel about the struggles of juggling marriage, motherhood and a meaningful career focuses on a story we're each living, but also exposes the secrets we won't tell. An enjoyable read."
-- Heidi Durrow, author of The Girl Who Fell from the Sky
Book clubs: Substitute Me will give you so much to talk, laugh and argue about, you might want to schedule two meetings to discuss it. Days after finishing it, I'm still debating who the villain is. Lori Tharps has written a timely, engaging page-turner that every working mom in America should read!"After you’re read the book, I’ll add your praise here. (wink, nod)
-- Carleen Brice, author of Children of the Waters
A fresh, fun, view of "the help" from a writer to watch.
-- Benilde Little, author of Good Hair
What is BlackLit Chat?
It's a stream of tweets about books by Black[including Pan-African, African-American, Brit, Caribbean, Canadian Black, etc.] authors in real time during a specified time. Our time for this chat is Sunday, November 21, 2010 from 9 PM EST.More about #BlackLitChat is here at my co-host Bernadette Davis’ Black Books Blog.
How does it Work? 3 Easy Steps- 1. Get a Twitter account, or login, or remember your Twitter Password.
- 2. Join the chat by clicking this link. http://twebevent.com/blacklitchat
- 3. Now login with your Twitter Password.
