Divas, Inc.

July 1, 2004
Three women--Tiffany Lane, Chantel Hollis, and Margaret Dre--have been friends since elementary school. Tiffany and Chantel are true divas, and Margaret has always been the plain, unsophisticated one. Even on her job as the assistant editor at a university press, Margaret has been unassuming and never challenged to her full potential. Her mother and grandmother also disregard her feelings and speak at her instead of to her. When Tiffany and Chantel decide to take an extended vacation in Europe, rather than invite Margaret to join them, they ask her to house-sit and watch Tiffany's dog. In spite of her hurt feelings, Margaret decides to take advantage of the situation. She experiences her friends' lives by living in their apartments, dating their men, wearing their designer clothes, and waltzing through their wonderful lifestyles. After many mishaps, Margaret learns that being a diva is within every woman, and the real requirement for membership in the club is belief in one's own self-worth. Another Hill winner!(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2004, American Library Association.)