{"product_id":"tryin-to-sleep-in-the-bed-you-made-paperback","title":"Tryin' to Sleep in the Bed You Made - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVirginia Deberry\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDonna Grant\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBest friends face down a tragedy in this beloved novel from #1 \u003ci\u003eEssence\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling authors Virginia DeBerry and Donna Grant, \u003ci\u003eTryin' to Sleep in the Bed You Made.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGayle Saunders and Patricia Reid were total opposites who chose each other as best friends when they were children. Through the years they were raised together, as close as sisters. Gayle, the beauty pampered by her working-class parents, believes a man will make her world complete. Pat, the brainy one, is the hand-me-down child whose mystery parentage haunts her. She's determined to finally make a home for herself: in the executive suite at the top of her career. And then there is Marcus Carter, linked to both women from the moment a childhood tragedy bonds them in secrecy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTryin' to Sleep in the Bed You Made\u003c\/i\u003e is more than a novel--It's the reading experience that swept the country. You will be drawn into the lives of these honest and believable characters from the first page--and they won't let you go until the last.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBest friends for 40 years, Virginia DeBerry and Donna Grant first met while working as models, and what should have been a rivalry ended up as a decades-long friendship. Their 20 year writing partnership has resulted in several novels: \u003ci\u003eTryin' to Sleep in the Bed You Made, Far from the Tree, Better Than I Know Myself, Gotta Keep on Tryin', What Doesn't Kill You, Uptown, and Exposures (as Marie Joyce).\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTryin\u003c\/i\u003e'\u003ci\u003eto Sleep in the Bed You Made\u003c\/i\u003e won the Merit Award for fiction from the black caucus of the American Library Association, the Book of the Year award from Blackboard, and the New Author of the Year Award from the Go On Girl Book Club. Virginia lives in New Jersey. Donna resides in Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 8.28 x 5.38 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 23, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759089254688,"sku":"9781250846655","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ef3f2e9dfe51b9a366c8db1987a93c87.webp?v=1780142210","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/tryin-to-sleep-in-the-bed-you-made-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}