Nothing but the Rent
Four African American women who had formed a tight friendship in college but then drifted apart after graduation renew their bond again one fateful weekend
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Roxanne, Monique, Cynthia, and Gayle first met when they found themselves an African American minority at a Midwestern college. Now living far apart, they're approaching age thirty and wondering if they're getting all they can out of life.Roxanne takes a teaching job in one of Boston's rougher neighborhoods. Cynthia has switched from husband hunting at Tampa Bay churches to killer workouts at a health club. Gayle, living at home and hating it, is pushing so hard to prove herself at her Columbus, Ohio, bank job that she's lost sight of her own happiness. Monique, a Cleveland prosecuting attorney, wanted so desperately to escape her Houston socialite mother she ran out on her fiance, too - only to find that moving away doesn't necessarily mean moving on.But it isn't until a crisis brings them together again that they discover how much they need each other - and need to reveal some heartbreaking truths.
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