The Grass Ain't Greener

Monique Gilmore you did an outstanding job using this story as an illustration to married couples who fall into the "burnout syndrome". To my reader commarades, if you are married with responsibilities of spouses, children, household chores and anything else that falls into the married life and at this moment, you feel the need to just run away from it all...This is an excellent book to read. Ms Gilmore uses her writing skills to demonstrate it defintely is not always greener on the other side. But it was necessary for both Ramona and Madrid to experience by on the job training and see it for themselves. Often times the words can not replace what you have to see, feel and experience for yourselves. In this story, Ramona finds out while visiting her family and old friends just how blessed she is to have a man like Madrid; also Madrid finds out first hand all the issues Ramona was telling him but just was not able to make him see it without him first experiencing it for himself. In the end it brought back understanding and romance back into this marriage also I feel it illustrated respect for each other. Thank you Monique for providing us with a story about the guts of marriage because mostly we get the stories that bring the couples together and it is refreshing that you gave us a story that gets to the heart of marriage and all the necessary tools to keep it together.

Not only is Monique Gilmore's The Grass Ain't Greener a must read for regular fans of romance novels, but the book will also prove to be valuable for those men and women who 'wouldn't be caught dead' reading 'those kinds of books.'Ramona Shaw, the main character, is a married woman and former professional. After the birth of her son, Ramona elects to stay at home with her two children but after four years of working in the home, she is fed up with being taken for granted by the other family members. It is also not easy for Ramona to juggle graduate school coursework, household chores, raising two children, in addition to all the other stresses in her life, and Ramona realizes that she is TIRED!Although she dearly loves her husband, handsome businessman Madrid Shaw, escalating tensions between the two prompt Ramona to take a week-long retreat from her New Jersey home for some "rest and relaxation" at her sister's house in Detroit. And in that week, Ramona goes through a series of profound and surprising experiences which lead to follow her heart back to where she belongs.So, to sum up, Ms. Gilmore's story is definitely worth reading not once or twice but several times!This book's strong points include a fast but evenly paced story line which brings up hard hitting issues pertinent to the Black/African-American community, and most importantly The Grass Ain't Greener shows the best of Black love and how important it is to keep working and communicating with one another-even after the honeymoon is over.

After reading it I've put it on a MRL (Must Read List). It was really Great !!!!! As I 've said in some of my other posts the Grass Ain't Greener It just the angle from which you see it !!!!

Author has written a book that deals with reality. The characters are so close to the reader's own family members, you can reach into the pages and touch each of them. Excellent host of characters and well developed story. Kudos to Ms. Gilmore! Looking forward to reading more books by this "best-kept-secret" author