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Just Too Good to Be True: A Novel | 
 enlarge | Author: E. Lynn Harris
Publisher: Doubleday
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
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Rating:  69 reviews
Sales Rank: 2594
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.1 x 1.6
ISBN: 0385492723
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780385492720
ASIN: 0385492723
Publication Date: July 15, 2008
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Condition: Brand New bce
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Product Description
Harris serves up a treat that will capture and enchant audiences everywhere—a big, bold, and irresistible novel about football, family, and secrets.
Brady Bledsoe and his mother, Carmyn, have a strong relationship. A single mother, faithful churchgoer, and the owner of several successful Atlanta beauty salons, Carmyn has devoted herself to her son and his dream of becoming a professional football player. Brady has always followed her lead, including becoming a member of the church’s "Celibacy Circle." Now in his senior year at college, the smart, and very handsome, Brady is a lead contender for the Heisman Trophy and a spot in the NFL.
As sports agents hover around Brady, Barrett, a beautiful and charming cheerleader, sets her mind on tempting the celibate Brady and getting a piece of his multimillion-dollar future—but is that all she wants from him, and is she acting alone?
Carmyn is determined to protect her son. She’s also determined to protect the secret she’s kept from Brady his whole life. As things heat up on campus and Carmyn and Brady’s idyllic relationship starts to crumble, mother and son begin to wonder about the other—are you just too good to be true?
A sweeping novel about mothers and sons, football and beauty shops, secrets and lies, JUST TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE has all the ingredients that have made E. Lynn Harris a bestselling author: family, friendship, faith, and love.
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 Another Awesome Book !!! October 6, 2008
As usual Mr. Harris has provided the perfect entertainment on paper. I love his books and there is always that bittersweet moment when I get to the end. I read them like I'm studying for a test, savoring every word and am crushed every time I turn the last page. Until the next book rolls off the press, I'll be recommending this book as well as all his others.
Great Read October 3, 2008
I was a little apprehensive about reading an E. Lynn Harris book that had mostly straight characters. This book was Great!!! Once I started reading this book I could not put it down. The mother Carmyn touched my heart. I had to stop reading the book for a minute to think out her situation and how I would have dealt with it. E. Lynn showed the love of a black mother for her son. I am very proud of E. Lynn and how he was able to tie in the drama and still show the importance of love for family.
 it was just too good to be true September 29, 2008
It was just to good to be true that Mr. Harris was back and i know y'all know what i mean when i say back. I met Mr. Harris while he was doing a workshop here in dallas. He told us about this book and also mentioned that the character was not gay. i wasn't shocked by the character not being gay but i was shocked by the lacking of the storyline. Another thing that was going on a lot in this story was that the straight male characters were describing each other as if they were checking them out or even gay, especially Brady. So are you sure he isn't on the low Mr. Harris?
the book seemed so....episodic...if that's even a word. basically it seemed as if it was written in episodes like a script. the relationship with Camryn and Brady although, strong was a bit on the not so healthy side. i loved the respect he had for Lowell and the fact that he stepped in to be a step father. that was powerful and i wished i saw more of that with our men in today's society. The it was said that Rena wanted to apologize for what she did to Camryn a*k*a Niecey but that wasn''t the way she approached her. she was bascially acting as though she was going to expose Camryn which didn't coincide with what Woodson said at teh end.
Barrett's character was so unreal. the things she did made Brady seem as though he was a dumb jock. he had no common sense whatsoever to see what this woman was pulling. i don't understand how she could be registered in school without them catching on to her and Kilgore's game. i just find the entire story line to be unrealistic. the story really has no closure, what happened to Delmar and his stripping, his mother, Kilgore was he indicted, Kellis did she find a man, did he choose Basil as his agent, did Nico get time or what? i just felt it could've been a little more neater in the closing.
the story had a lot of potential but lacked that E. Lynn Harris shock factor that we have all come to love. i still respect Mr. harris as an invaluable author and look forward for the other books that are on the way. i think he said he had like 9 releases all coming out really close together. i hope they give us what we have come to expect with E. Lynn not saying they have to be gay because they don't all we need is the drama, divas, jocks, arrogant pretty people and mayheim that you normally bring to the forefront
True E Lynn Style September 27, 2008
The book was great. Well worth the wait. I loved the football references because I'm such a huge football fan. Great message. Thanks E. Lynn. You can't let Basil go can you? I love him and his turn around.
LOVED IT! September 22, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
He's done it again. I loved this book with all the twists and turns. It kept me interested from the first page until the last. Now I have to find another book to fill the void since I read this one so fast. More! More! More!
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