It's Not All Downhill From Here: A Novel Hardcover – March 31, 2020

Great novel with a wonderful cast of characters, literally and figuratively. Ms. McMillan always tackles challenging themes and issues with faith, grace wit, laughter, love and a dose of real life, without being ‘preachy.’ May we all learn to live from and forgive our past selves as we strive to become better new selves. Start today 🧡.

Wonderful novel about love, family, friendships, and aging gracefully. I enjoyed each of the characters and thought the story was well-written.

Took my time and read this book. I liked that it had a little of everything! Made me cry, laugh, smile and really think about my own health, myself in general. I really enjoyed this book and would recommend 100%.

Great read!! Shared with ladies and proved to be good tabletop discussions!

It is a great book, I love the characters, I recommend this to everybody, you need to read it!

Not like her others

I was so excited to read Terry's new book. I've been a fan of hers for many years. The story starts off very engaging and the main character Loretha is hilarious! Loretha is in her 60s and experiences all the trials of an aging woman, including being grumpy at times, but she has a kind heart and loves her family. When a tragedy happens Loretha must decide if it's all downhill from there. Will she stay in grief and sorrow or push forward?Often concerned more about her family and others than herself, Loretta decides that self-care requires discipline, commitment, and self-love. Will she reach her health and economic goals?The story is told through Loretta's eyes all throughout. While I found her humor and frankness tickling, I also found myself yearning to get out of Loretta's head. I would have liked to get other character's perspective, especially since there were so many. Perhaps Loretta's sister and at least one of her friends. Maybe even her husband's point of view would've been refreshing.Also, there was a lot going on in other people's lives that Loretta tells you about but it would've been nice to go along for the ride and experience some of those things with the characters instead of having Loretta narrate them. This slowed down the story and I found myself skipping pages and pages of narratives. I hoped it would get better somewhere in the middle and that it would pick up steam after the tragedy. It never did.Towards the end, Loretta makes all the right decisions. Suddenly, her son in Japan appears for the first time (it seems) after being mentioned on a few occasions. It concludes in a way that shows you life still goes on no matter what. A good message, but it took a long time getting there. I found myself at the bottom of the hill looking up and feeling glad the long journey was over with.

What a awesome book. I really enjoy this book because, I’m in my sixty and these ladies really enjoyed living life. Such an pick me up book. I couldn’t put it down. Terry McMillan you rock.

Really love this book

Good description of characters.

Whenever Terry Macmillan releases a new novel I so look forward to ordering from Amazon. I know I ll never be disappointed. She's funny, frank and her characters are so real. A pleasure to read, and best read with a glass of wine, curled up on sofa, with nibbles to hand!!Her writing is very contemporary. I would thoroughly recommend to everyone, even if it's not they're usual genre.

Great story line - finished in two days. Terry McMillan delivered the same high writing standards as per her older books. Happy to have this in my collection

You can always rely on Terry to write about strong, black women and their complex friendships and family dynamics. Lo's life takes a serious turn early on in this novel and we all would hope for some of her relationships to heal a broken heart. Great beach read!