false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178926963m/855047.jpg 855047 5 Four former classmates of a prestigious African American college have a "journal club" where, nearly 20 years later, they still meet regularly to talk about what's going on in their lives. Dwight is filled with resentment towards whites, and it's about to raise some serious conflicts at his job. Leland is still coping with the death of his partner, Donald, from AIDS. Riley's afraid that the love's gone out of her marriage, and that she'll never be able to achieve the success as a poet-singer she's dreamed about. And Yolanda... well, Yolanda's just started a romance with former pro football player Basil Henderson, but longtime E. Lynn Harris fans just <I>know</I> where that's going to lead. The multiple first-person narration can be confusing at times, but the convoluted plot does sort itself out neatly in ways sure to entertain Harris's previous fans, as well as anybody who likes Terry McMillan or Gloria Naylor. 1352548 1997 If This World Were Mine: A Novel total:363|5:153|4:122|3:72|2:15|1:1| 363 1500 463 13 3 0 false false Mon Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 20:20:20 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 20:29:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false true Sun Nov 23 11:17:17 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 11:26:57 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Jan 28 04:23:52 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 04:32:47 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Wed Aug 29 23:32:53 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 12 22:40:41 -0700 2007 Excerpt from my readers response notebook

It seems that Basil is prepared to confront the demons of his past. Despite losing Yolanda, he is able to move on to analyze his psyche. We finally get an explanation behind why Basil is "Basil". He was molested as a child by his uncle...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Oct 18 06:27:15 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 06:30:34 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Feb 28 17:58:48 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 17:59:10 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Fri Oct 30 20:20:11 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 20:20:30 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Mar 06 09:23:32 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 09:23:35 -0800 2009 ]]> 5 0 false false Thu Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2000 Sun Nov 15 16:24:50 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 15:16:29 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sat Oct 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 11:32:12 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 08:54:44 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Jun 07 21:51:30 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 10 22:32:08 -0700 2007 It is rare to read a novel with African-American ...more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Tue Apr 17 16:45:04 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 17 16:45:04 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Tue Oct 09 22:52:40 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 09 23:12:04 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Sun Nov 22 06:09:24 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 06:09:35 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Nov 21 17:51:35 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 17:51:35 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Tue Nov 17 08:31:37 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 08:31:37 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 15 13:26:14 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 13:26:16 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Nov 14 21:03:55 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 21:03:59 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Nov 13 22:59:58 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 22:59:58 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Tue Nov 10 10:14:44 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 10:14:44 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=855047