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Title: Friends And Lovers Author: Eric Jerome Dickey Rating:  Must Read!
Publisher: Dutton Web Page: http://www.penguin.com Reviewed by: Harriet Klausner |
 
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In Los Angeles, Tyrel (a computer executive) and his best friend Leonard (a stand-up comedian) meet two women, Debra (a nurse) and Shelby ( a flight attendant). Tyrel with Shelby, and Leonard with Debra immediatley hit it off and love flourishes between the two couples. Soon, Leonard and Debra begin to discuss marriage. However a misunderstanding breaks up the other pair. While Leonard and Debra happily marry, Tyrel flees to San Francisco and Shelby runs off to San Diego. In spite the fact that they love each other, it appears that Tyrel and Shelby have no future together. FRIENDS AND LOVERS is a great relationship drama that highlights the yuppie African-American scene in Southern California. As difficult as it seems to have four bright stars in one novel, all four characters feel so genuine, they could be neighbors. Eric Jerome Dickey (author of the acclaimed SISTER, SISTER) shows, in his second novel, that he is a writer on the way to the top of the profession,with a book that not only transcends genre but defines it. Harriet Klausner
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