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Can I Get a Witness? | 
 enlarge | Author: Reshonda Tate Billingsley
Publisher: Pocket
Category: Book
List Price: $14.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 42314
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.3 x 0.9
ISBN: 1416521674
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9781416521679
ASIN: 1416521674
Publication Date: July 15, 2008
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Product Description
The irony of a divorce-court judge getting divorced herself is not lost on Vanessa Colton-Kirk. After all, she's seen everything in her notorious Houston courtroom, where she's presided over the breakup of countless unhappy and disillusioned couples. Even her own sister, Dionne, is dealing with a relationship drama of her own, a betrayal that's left Dionne hungry for revenge on the man she hoped to marry. But when career-driven Vanessa chooses to work late on the night of her fifth wedding anniversary, her husband, Thomas, decides he's had enough of her putting work before starting the family he so desperately wants -- and he tells her he wants out.In a last-ditch effort to save the marriage, their own judge orders Vanessa and Thomas to attend a spiritual retreat. She goes -- but not without a fight. And just when she thinks she's won, fate steps in and helps her see things in a whole new light. Now Vanessa and her sister face the toughest choices of their lives. Can Dionne untangle herself from a payback plan gone horribly wrong? Can Vanessa rebuild a bond that she had a big part in destroying? Will she learn from her own mistakes and her years of experience on the bench? Or will she need something else to keep a tide of bitterness from taking over her life?
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 "Makes You Think" October 12, 2008
Good book Ms. Billingsley. I liked the storyline and the characters made me laugh, cry and I also got alittle irritated. I've read all of Ms. Billingsley's novels so far and I'm never disappointed. It's a trip how Vanessa has more drama in her life than the people she presides over in court. Dionne you love Roland THAT much? Rosolyn you shocked me. Aunt Ida do you have to be up in everybody's business?
Will leave you wanting more October 4, 2008
I absolutely love all of Ms. Billingsley novels. She always leaves you wanting more. I hate when the story ends. I'm like a fein when it comes to her work. Very powerful stories that always leads the characters back to the WORD.
As It Seems September 19, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
As `Can I Get a Witness?' opens we're introduced to Vanessa, a divorce court judge hearing a case about a cheating husband. Every day it was the same case, just different participants. The only thing that was appeasing was that this was simply a stepping stone to her political career. But what happens when, suddenly, the case being heard involves Vanessa and her husband? Not so ordinary now is it?
Rosalyn, the older sister, appears to have it all right. She's married to a preacher, with one son, cooks cleans and works. Her life is flowing correctly. But what her sisters don't know is that she's dabbled with the wrong and is now an advocate for what can happen. Will her sisters heed her advice?
Dionne has the ideal relationship, or so she thinks. Well it has a few flaws, but they are manageable. When Dionne finds out that in addition to her boyfriend being married that he has a girlfriend, she is no longer able to idly sit by. Will a decision she makes in haste destroy her plans?
Aunt Ida, the matriarch of the family, has a way with words. Despite what the girls get entangled in and whether or not they want her assistance, she's there; ready, willing and able to get them in order verse by verse.
`Can I Get A Witness?' is a wonderful novel about family, marriage and forgiveness. This is just one of those feel good reads.
Can I Get a Witness September 9, 2008
Like all her other books, this one was fantastic as well. Very well written. Made you laugh, made your cry. I could really relate to the characters.
Family September 2, 2008
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
Sisters Vanessa and Dionne seem to have trouble all over them. Older sister Rosalyn may not be in much trouble now, but she's seen her share and tries to assist as they try to get their selves in order.
Vanessa is brutal in her courtroom. She has dreams and her marriage sometimes collides with her time. When her husband is no longer capable of excusing Vanessa's missing in action tactics, she's caught up with pride and having to learn to not only forgive, but adjust. Is this marriage worth it?
Dionne, the baby of the trio, is used to being smothered with attention. She's in love with a man who hasn't vocalized his emotions for her. She knows he's married, but they are divorcing and Dionne is ready to be the newest Mrs. However, when love plays a cruel joke with her heart, Dionne is hell bent of seeking revenge. Will the woman scorned have love again?
I haven't had the pleasure of reading anything by ReShonda Tate Billingsley prior. I was engaged throughout the entire book and loved the way the bossy, intrusive aunt had her say. This is a book I'd easily recommend to all.
Reviewed by: Peaches
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