Here and Now Audiobook (Free)

Already near the top of the Blackboard Bestseller List, this critically acclaimed new voice in African-American literature is both passionate and vibrant. With this, Kimberla Lawson Roby’s second novel, strong characters explore the complexities of such real life problems as relationships, single parenthood, and infertility. Racquel and Marcella are sisters with hardly any in keeping, except that all wants what the other offers. Racquel includes a beautiful house, a fulfilling career and a caring hubby. But driven by her eager longing for children, she actually is alienating her spouse and family members. Marcella is a single mom, trying to aid her two kids with a low paying job, food stamps, and periodic kid support from a deadbeat ex-husband. She won’t allow anyone to hinder her dream for a better lifestyle, not even her own kids. Narrator Donna Bailey skillfully makes the emotionally effective experiences of two females as they learn to acknowledge their losses. Occasionally funny and often heartbreaking, their story details listeners with a note of healing and hope.