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| One in a Million | 
 enlarge | Author: Kimberla Lawson Roby
Publisher: William Morrow
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  79 reviews
Sales Rank: 15807
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.8 x 0.9
ISBN: 006144295X
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780061442957
ASIN: 006144295X
Publication Date: June 1, 2008
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Product Description
In the first novella by the New York Times bestselling author of the Reverend Curtis Black series, a wife and a husband receive a surprise that will change their lives forever Kennedi Mason thinks she's the luckiest woman on earth. She loves her job, she has a wonderful best friend, and she's been married for ten years to her soul mate. There's nothing she can think of that could make her life any better. Then one fateful day Kennedi receives a piece of news that will turn her world upside down. She's excited about it, and she knows that her husband, Blake, will be over the moon. He has always dreamed of this one thing happening, and she can't wait until he comes home so she can tell him. But when she sees Blake that evening, he has a special announcement of his own. It shocks Kennedi into silence and wipes the admission she was planning to make right out of her mind. In an instant, her life and her marriage have changed, but not at all in the way that she had expected. A poignant and satisfying story of hope, Kimberla Lawson Roby's One in a Million beautifully shows us the difference between what we think we want and what we actually need to be truly happy.
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 Okay read January 9, 2009
This book was okay, not one of my favorites. Blake got everything he deserved. This book taught a valuable lesson, you cannot trust everyone, not even family.
Lotto Money? Not! November 21, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Kimberla Lawson Roby's so far has not failed to impress and entertain me. ONE IN A MILLION is a fast-paced novel that keeps you on the edge of your seat and keeps you wondering what is going to happen next.
In the first paragraph, I was so sure that I knew what good news that Kennedi Mason was going to tell her "beloved" husband that I actually smiled. What shock to find out that the actual news is not at all what is expected.
I am the queen of wanting to see evil people get theirs. The virtual queen of getting back at ya! So when a writer comes across with the type of comeuppance that Miss Lawson does, I am truly a happy reader.
I love Kimberla's writing because we know there are people out there who act just like this. Money makes distant relatives and snakes come out of the woodwork and I was anxious to see how Kennedi was going to handle her business.
While I celebrated Kennedi's success I'm still not sure that I would have been so magnanimous to her aunt so fast.
One in a Million is a quick, enjoyable novel and I highly recommend it
The Book was entertaining but the narrator? Awful! November 17, 2008
The premise of this book was excellent. Definitely a story that I could see being played out in a movie on Lifetime or Oxygen. The basics of the story is this - a woman (Kennedy Mason) awaits her husband's return home so that she can tell him some fantastic news! The only problem is, he has news of his own and from the moment he tells her, her life will never be the same!
From the time you start reading you can feel the build up of mystery within this book. What does she have to tell him? Why can't he be reached? Then when he gets home, that's when the ride begins. It's tragic but entertaining. Thought provoking and poignant as you start to actually feel what Kennedy feels. Unfortunately the one thing that people will notice is that the book may start to become a bit preachy and that the author's description of Kennedy's prim and proper yet naïve ways are a bit too much but I think that was her way of trying to play up just how undeserving Kennedy was of her fate. However, there really was no need to do this. Trust me when I say that Kennedy's situation is so messed up yet complicated that this fact alone guarantees that we would feel sorry for her!
One of the more hilarious parts of this story comes in when the author shows just what can happen to a person's life when they come into a windfall (what kind of windfall, I'm not saying ;-) ). I swear the author must have done research on how people act when they know that someone has just come into a lot of money because every situation that could befall a person with lots of money happens to a character in this book! But it's this element that will make you laugh, shake your head and roll your eyes when you see how predictable people can be about matters involving money.
Now the narrator......
*Sigh!* Wow, all I can say is that the narrator was awful! When I say this, do not think that I am overreacting when I say that I don't think that I have EVER heard anyone read a book as awfully as this narrator did! From the first 2 sentences it was obvious that she had no idea how to read for an audio book! The first thing you'll notice is how hard she tried to speak clearly. This is fine because no one would like to listen to an audio book that sounds any thing less than clear but no one likes to listen to someone who is trying SO HARD to speak clearly that it comes across as painful and awkward! It was so bad that it only took a few sentences in and I was already cringing. On top of trying to hard to speak well and cutting up sentences in awkward fragments, she was also slowing down and speeding up as if she was trying to get used to reading! It was just as painful for the reader to pull off as it was for the listener to hear!
Speaking of phrasing, I'm also guessing that the narrator was trying so hard to speak clearly that she couldn't get the phrasings right. By this I mean that she'd read the words and put pauses in where they didn't belong. Instead she sounded as though she was reading and then discovered that there was more to that phrase and then tack it on as an afterthought at the end. This may be how some people read when they read to themselves, but when it comes to reading for others they should work on making all phrases and sentences go much smoother. Anything else is a distraction.
When it came down to black colloquialisms, when she said them, they too came out in an awkward nature that was way too proper for the situation. Phrases like,"I'm just keepin' it real gurl" came out like "I am just keeping it real girl" and it took away from the coolness of it all. Not that these phrases needed to be said in a "ghetto" fashion but they did need to be said with a certain kind of soul that dwells in the voices of African American person in those situations and she did not accomplish this.
All in all, it sounds as if whoever hired the narrator was on a budget and just randomly found someone who lacked experience to read this book. If it wasn't for the fact that I actually read an excerpt before starting to listen to the book and enjoyed it, I would have stopped listening to it altogether.
My advice is that if you can spend time actually reading, then avoid the audio version of this. You will get so much more out of it without the awful narration of Nehassaiu Degannes.*****
"Not What I Was Expecting" November 2, 2008
I thought this novel was kinda of boring. It started off interesting in the beginning and after that it went down hill. I'm still a fan of Ms. Roby but lately her storytelling has lacked that certain something. Here's hoping that she'll improve.
 Dull and Boring! October 29, 2008
Uninteresting and not much of a story. This book was just plain dull and 'sooooo' boring. The plot was too phony and unrealistic -- totally unbelievable. Kimberla Lawson Roby threw this book together and didn't spend much time and effort to put some depth into the story line. Don't waste your money or time on this book -- it's awful! Sorry Kimberla, but as one of your biggest fans, I didn't enjoy this book!
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