No Girl Needs a Husband Seven Days a Week

December 15, 2007
Three formersorority sistersmaintain their friendship throughoutpersonal triumphs and disasters. Commitment-phobic Kennedy is caringforher father, who issinking more deeplyinto the hell of Alzheimers every day. Perfect trophy-wife Mai is shocked to find out her husband has terriblesecrets. Marie says she loves her family, but her career has taken precedence. Although she flirts and dates during her travels, Marie never imagines that her solid-as-a-rock, stay-at-home husband is fighting his desire for another.As their worlds transform, the only constant forMai, Marie, and Kennedy is their friendship. The cover art would indicate otherwise, but this is a serious book about the changing roles of African American women in todays society. Foxx has crafted believable, three-dimensional characters, and each of the three story lines standsas an emotional tale of modern life. Readers who enjoy friendship-themed novels, such as Circle of Friends (1991), Waiting to Exhale (1992), and The Dirty Girls Social Club (2003), will find this well-written book most fulfilling.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2007, American Library Association.)