Can I Get a Witness
By (Author) ReShonda Tate Billingsley
Simon & Schuster
Simon Spotlight Entertainment
15th July 2008
United States
General
Fiction
FIC
Paperback
336
Width 135mm, Height 210mm, Spine 23mm
298g
#1 national bestselling author ReShonda Tate Billingsley goes to the heart of a marriage on the rocksand turns one womans anger and heartbreak into a triumph of the spirit.
The irony of a divorce-court judge getting divorced herself is not lost on Vanessa Colton-Kirk. After all, she's seen everything in her notorious Houston courtroom, where she's presided over the breakup of countless unhappy and disillusioned couples. Even her own sister, Dionne, is dealing with a relationship drama of her own, a betrayal that's left Dionne hungry for revenge on the man she hoped to marry. But when career-driven Vanessa chooses to work late on the night of her fifth wedding anniversary, her husband, Thomas, decides he's had enough of her putting work before starting the family he so desperately wantsand he tells her he wants out.
In a last-ditch effort to save the marriage, their own judge orders Vanessa and Thomas to attend a spiritual retreat. She goesbut not without a fight. And just when she thinks she's won, fate steps in and helps her see things in a whole new light. Now Vanessa and her sister face the toughest choices of their lives. Can Dionne untangle herself from a payback plan gone horribly wrong Can Vanessa rebuild a bond that she had a big part in destroying Will she learn from her own mistakes and her years of experience on the bench Or will she need something else to keep a tide of bitterness from taking over her life
ReShonda Tate Billingsleys #1 nationally bestselling novels includeLet the Church Say Amen,I Know Ive Been Changed, andSay Amen, Again, winner of the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work. Her collaboration with Victoria Christopher Murray has produced four hit novels,Sinners & Saints,Friends & Foes,A Blessing & a Curse, andFortune & Fame.BET released a movie in 2013 based on ReShondas bookLet the Church Say Amenin which she had a minor role.She also had a role in the made-for-TV movieThe Secret She Keptbased on her book of the same title. Visit ReShondaTateBillingsley.com, meet the author on Facebook at ReShondaTateBillingsley, or follow her on Twitter @ReShondaT.