You saw mine, now it's time for me to see yours

Okay, I was a skinny kid with an afro. I thought no one would ever remember this fact until my mother found this picture and sent it with the following note, "Is this you or your brother, Dwaynie?" You'd think a mother would be able to tell the difference between her children. Not.

I had to admit, if not for wearing my favorite green Angel Flights and my favorite paisley polyester shirt I probably wouldn't know which one of us it was either. We did have the same size Afro back then. And we did look alike.

So much so boys would tell me they wouldn't date me because it'd be like dating one of my brothers...but then we grow up.

You saw mine, now it's time for me to see yours.

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30 Second Excerpt:

I could start from the middle, but then it would never be clear as to why I wasn’t content with my life, the perfect life I’d made for myself. After all, I had everything a girl, a woman, could ask for. A girl because when she’s five years old she only knows the basics of the game, make him love you. When she becomes a woman, say around thirty, she learns the real rules, make him stay in love with you. I’d succeeded. Jake Parson had fallen in love with me and would have stayed that way had I not made a terrible mistake.

Jake was completely justified in straying into the arms of another woman. I see it clear and without bias. His side of the story will make mine look tame in comparison. But if I was watching from across the street, peering into someone else’s yard, I’d say ‘she got what she deserved. Letting a man that fine run around unattended, well what’d you expect? Right on all counts, I was guilty.

About the Author

Author of the highly acclaimed novel, Nappily Ever After (Random House) a finalist for the 32nd NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work. Her novels have been well regarded in Essence, O Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, and the Washington Post.

Trisha R. Thomas was recently featured on CNN, Paula Zahn and Showbiz Tonight. Her debut novel, Nappily Ever After was optioned by Halle Berry and Universal Pictures for adaptation to film.

Would I Lie To You (Three Rivers Press) is an Essence Bestseller, a bookclub pick by Cosmopolitan Magazine, and a suggested summer read by Entertainment Weekly.

This summer the much anticipated Nappily Married will be released by St. Martins Press to kick off the official Nappily series. Savvy character Venus Johnston will continue her trek to hair-freedom with wit, humor, and nonstop truth telling.

Would I Lie To You, "...nuanced piece of storytelling"
--Susan Coll, Author of Acceptance

Roadrunner, "...strong suit is engaging storytelling, which she always enlivens with a strong dose of suspense."
--Seattle PI

Nappily Ever After, "Trisha R. Thomas's first novel about black
women's complex relationship with their hair and how it all too often defines
their self-image."
--Washington Post

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