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Colored Sugar Water: A Spiritual Tale
From the bestselling author of So Good and All of Me comes a sexy, soulful, and heartwarming new novel for anyone who has ever found love -- and wondered whether it was too good to be true.Colored Sugar Water introduces Lucy Merriweather and Adel Kelly, both dealing with life issues. Lucy is thirty-five, single, and in great shape thanks to her career as a fitness manager...more
Hardcover, 259 pages
Published
January 1st 2002
by Dutton Adult
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Finished on the plane from Newark to Denver.
I didn't much like this concoction of New Orleans-style voodoo religion, Jehovah's Witness doorbell ringing, and classic Baptists. It was over the top, and I was pretty disappointed in it. Most likely, I wouldn't have bothered finishing it in other circumstances, but I only had one book left for the flight home, and I didn't want to run out of book!
Ironically, the one thing I marked to write about in this book is based on how my next book starts. The n...more
I didn't much like this concoction of New Orleans-style voodoo religion, Jehovah's Witness doorbell ringing, and classic Baptists. It was over the top, and I was pretty disappointed in it. Most likely, I wouldn't have bothered finishing it in other circumstances, but I only had one book left for the flight home, and I didn't want to run out of book!
Ironically, the one thing I marked to write about in this book is based on how my next book starts. The n...more
I guess I would give this 3.5 stars. It is a solid story, consistent and flowing, but there was something missing and I think it has to do with the female characters.
Lucy: Very flaky. She is very judgmental and yet can't make up her own mind on how to live her life or what man she should love.
Adel: Hot mess. She thinks getting pregnant will change a trifling man and the author decided to let her have her dream but it was not realistic for me.
I have so many unanswered questions as well. Like,...more
Lucy: Very flaky. She is very judgmental and yet can't make up her own mind on how to live her life or what man she should love.
Adel: Hot mess. She thinks getting pregnant will change a trifling man and the author decided to let her have her dream but it was not realistic for me.
I have so many unanswered questions as well. Like,...more
Sep 25, 2012
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My copy did not have the subtitle "A Spiritual Tale". I'm not much for spiritual tales so I didn't really care for this, but it was a fine way to pass the time while riding a stationary bike. Meh.
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