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When I Get Where I'm Going (2010)

by Cheryl Robinson(Favorite Author)

3.87 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0451229479 (ISBN13: 9780451229472)

languge

English

genre

Poetry

publisher

NAL Trade

review 1: This book did have some redeeming qualities. Most notably there was an actual plot which had a few twists and turns although some seemed highly unlikely. This is the story of three sisters overcoming their past to find peace with themselves and each other. However, the writing is quite trite and a bit elementary as many books in this genre are. The author's attempt to be descriptive only succeeded in inundating the reader in unnecessary details about streets, restaurants and other places in Detroit. Speaking as a Detroit native, these places are in fact real but the inclusion of the ridiculous place-dropping adds nothing to the story; it only validates the author in fact knows Detroit. Time should have been better spent developing the main characters more so that the... more reader cared about at least one of them. The end of this novel breaths a bit of life back into the book. However, the end went on a bit too far reminiscent of a Spike Lee's Mo Better Blues.
review 2: When I Get Where I’m Going3 sisters with one thing in common, their father.Heaven is a confused, abused and a lucky girl. Hope is angry, hurt and is a widow from suspicious circumstancesAlicia has been trying to make it in Hollywood for 13 years, with a friend who is her worse enemy.The sisters find out about each other from a letter from their father, who is in jail for murder.Alicia has been contacted by Heaven who claims to be her sister. They share the same father. So when Alicia comes home to have surgery, they have a family get-together. Hope wants nothing to do with this gathering nor Heaven or her father. Heaven and Hopes mother was killed by their father and Alicia was a high school mistake. Glenn, the father tells them they have an elder sister, Alicia that he hopes they will connect with. Hope has her own issues. The mysterious death of her husband 2 years ago has her still in mourning and with no closure. Heavens life is chaos. On probation, a man who beats her and she’s not living, she’s existing. She has also stole her sister’s identity and racked up 10,000 in debt, while her sister was going through the lost of her husband. So the two sisters are estranged.They say you can’t pick your family but you can surely pick your friends. These sisters become the friends and family they choose. Persistence and several life changing events in these sisters lives, make them realize that they are a blessing to each other they never knew they had.I truly LOVED this story. I felt the pain and anguish of each sister and LOVED how they came together. Cheryl is one hell of a storyteller. She had me so wrapped up that I could not put this book down. I also loved that she brought Olena Day, the character from In Love With A Younger Man into the story so we could catch up with her. I am always left wondering when reading Cheryl’s books; how much of this is true because it’s so real. Her stories always seem to come from so deep down and feel like they are true confessions. This book was an outstanding read and is one of the best books I’ve read in 2010. Cheryl if I could give you a 10 on this I would but 5 is as high as I can go. High 5 Cheryl! less

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