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No, I’m not just a bitter, middle-aged hater with no life. I do not begrudge them their youth, their talent (however that be measured) or their insane, outrageous (and in no reasonable way justifiable,) jillion dollar incomes. I do not envy their fa…
A re-post of our Father's Day essay from last year...we feel it's a story that's worthy of repeating...
A Tale of Two Fathers
...it was the best of times...it was the worst of times...
In the course of more than twenty five years of friendship (and…
Show some love to our friend, Marcus Samuelsson? He won Top Chef Masters and is now on Oprah.com
Read Marcus's story about the State Dinner he prepared Oprah.com and PLEASE
leave a comment, and share on your home pages. The brother needs some
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From VDB:
Last week, I saw this video of the little girl declaring her love of life, family and herselfand felt compelled to blog about it because I think we all come into the world with this same kind of potential for exuberance and positivity but…
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Thanks Chrystal!!
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- Relationship Status:
- It's Complicated
- About Me:
- It's only complicated because there are two of us! Donna's married, Virginia's single. We are best friends and the author of 6 novels: Exposures, Tryin' 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 (Jan '09).
- Hometown:
- NJ/NY (North Brunswick & Brooklyn)
- Education:
- College + Barnard & NYU (Donna) Fisk & SUNY at Buffalo (Virginia)
- Children:
- Not a one
- Interests:
- (DONNA-football, tennis, cello, acoustic guitar), Latin ballroom dancing, jazz (not the smooth kind), eating wonderful food with great friends, travel, cocktails, (DONNA camping), modern dance, flea markets, shopping for bargains, shoes, travel, great books, movies–esp. old ones and (VIRGINIA musicals), (VIRGINIA cooking), good conversation, solid debate, clothes/fashion, cars, wine--(not to be confused with cocktails!)
- Favorite Movies:
- This is only a partial list--and it's in no particular order.
Tryin’ to Sleep in the Bed You Made (we’re workin’ on it!), Network, East of Eden, Key Largo, Desk Set, Adam and Eve, The Women, The Godfather, The Hustler, Twelve Angry Men, From the Terrace, The Graduate, It’s a Wonderful Life, The Birdcage, A Few Good Men, As Good as it Gets, Indian Jones and the Temple of Doom, Groundhog Day, The Days of Wine and Roses, Shaft, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Odd Couple, The Philadelphia Story, For Love of Ivy, Gigi, Claudine, Sunset Boulevard, The Sound of Music, My Fair Lady, Shopgirl, Chinatown, Calamity Jane, Eve’s Bayou, The Magnificent Seven, Carmen Jones, Dirty Harry, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (and all the rest of the Clint Eastwood spaghetti western canon), The Bridges of Madison County, The Usual Suspects, La Dolce Vita, One True Thing, Daughters of the Dust, American Beauty, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Foreign Correspondent, Citizen Kane, The Killing Fields, The Apartment, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Towering Inferno, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, Lilies of the Field, Ferris Beuler’s Day Off, In the Heat of the Night, To Sir With Love, Harry Potter (all), Cooley High, Jaws, The Sting, Excalibur, Strangers on a Train, Some Like it Hot, ET, Star Wars (the original trilogy), Three Days of the Condor, Casablanca, Singin’ in the Rain,
- Favorite TV Shows:
- The Closer, Saving Grace, House, CSI, Grey's Anatomy, Barefoot Contessa, Family Guy, Antiques Roadshow, NCIS
- Favorite Books
- Only a Partial List
All of Ours, The Brothers Grimm, Beverly Cleary, Beatrix Potter, Alice in Wonderland ---Lewis Caroll, Heidi-, Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn, The Iliad, The Odyssey and all of Greek mythology, The Hardy Boys-Franklin Dixon, Nancy Drew-- Carolyn Keene, The entire Beany Malone series —Lenora Mattingly Webber, Peyton Place, Marjorie Morningstar, The Thorn Birds, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Native Son, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Go Tell it on the Mountain, The Sun Also Rises, The Great Gatsby, The Pearl, Lord of the Flies, Catcher in the Rye, Of Mice & Men, The Call of the Wild, Cannery Row, The Grapes of Wrath, East of Eden, The Brothers Karamazov, Dr. Zhiavago, Anna Karenenia, Vanity Fair, Great Expectations, Moby Dick, Light in August, The Three Musketeers, Invisible Man, Agatha Christie, Native Son, Black Boy, Sherlock Holmes, Robert Ludlum, Danielle Steele, A Woman of Substance-Barbara Taylor Bradford, Judith Krantz, Kane and Abel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, The Thirteenth Tale, Gloria Naylor, The Sound and the Fury, The House of the Seven Gables, A Tale of Two Cities, Roots, Baby of the Family, The Hand I Fan With, Shogun, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide,
- Website:
- http://deberryandgrant.com
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Show and Tell--Or why LeBron and Lilo are emblematic of what's wrong with US (U.S.)
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Posted on July 23, 2010 at 10:26am —
A Tale of Two Fathers
A re-post of our Father's Day essay from last year...we feel it's a story that's worthy of repeating...
Posted on June 20, 2010 at 11:34am —
Little Girl Lost & Found
Posted on May 24, 2010 at 7:00pm —
We've been nominated for a fashion award!? Say what?
Okay --in the "believe it or not", or "you never know what a day will bring" category--here goes! Our past has caught up with us–big time! Most of you know about our previous incarnation as full-figured models--so in conjunction with the 2nd annual Full-Figured Fashion Week in NYC, we have been nominated as industry icons for our trailblazing (A lovely way of saying way back in the olden days!) contributions. And now WE NEED your votes!
… Continue Posted on April 12, 2010 at 8:03pm — 4 Comments
Author vs Writer
The Author, DeBerry & Grant, just got back from book tour, and we are tired but happy. Isn’t that the same as The Writer DeBerry & Grant, you ask. Nope, The Author and The Writer have very different jobs.
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Comment Wall (9 comments)
- At 3:17pm on February 19, 2009,
Dayna said… - well ladies it's only the middle of Feb. but i have already read the March book selection for my book club-YOUR BOOK!!!!! and i loved it! if it ever becomes a movie...i want to be the first to go on record as saying....please have a contest to see which one of your fans get's to come to the premiere and then rig the contest so i can win!!!! i love u ladies so much and if u EVER get within an hour drive of where i live, u will find out just how excited i get when i'm face to face with greatness!!!
- At 11:05pm on January 3, 2009,
Dayna said…
- i'm listening to your radio interview right now, i would love for you to come to FLORIDA!!!! i'm real excited about the new movie "Far from the Tree"!!! just heard you say it! I can't wait to read 'What Doesn't Kill You'..it's our book club selection for March, but i'm reading it early......love you ladies!!!!!
- At 2:13pm on August 11, 2008,
workingdee said… - Thanks for inviting me to this great site!
- At 3:53am on July 27, 2008,
Ms Stacie Phillips said… - And that too old thing. please theres no such thing! My mother is a mother of 9 and she just finished her residency last month and is now a doctor at the tender age of 51!!!
- At 3:51am on July 27, 2008,
Ms Stacie Phillips said…
- I Love Your Books!!!
- At 10:02am on July 23, 2008,
Sheree Brown said… - Thanks for informing me of this fabulous website.
- At 3:53pm on July 22, 2008,
Virginia & Donna said…
- We couldn't agree more!
- At 11:45pm on June 9, 2008,
Ananda Kiamsha Madelyn Leeke said… - Welcome. I gotta check out your books.
- At 9:37pm on June 9, 2008,
Cee Cee said… - Welcome Ladies,
I am sure that many of the sisters are fans of your books just like I am. I know that Queens plays a pivotal role in the backstory of your characters so I am sending you an invite to join the Queens connection too.
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