The Itch (Audible Audio Edition) Benilde Little Caroline Clay Recorded Books Books
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Abra Dixon is well educated, fashionable, and married to the perfect man. She also runs a film production company with her childhood friend, Natasha. Abra's perfect life is suddenly thrown off course when her husband leaves her for a sexy young model. As Abra and Natasha try to find a backer for their latest film, they must navigate the opulent world of directors and investors. But now Abra must learn to be single and strong again. In a world where everyone seems so confident, Abra will need to develop her own definition of success.
The Itch (Audible Audio Edition) Benilde Little Caroline Clay Recorded Books Books
I viewed the book as less about the black upper class and more about the expectations that we as people (African American women in particular) have about what we are supposed to do with our lives as it relates to men and relationships. As an upper 30 year old African American female, I could relate to many of the ideas and issues presented in the novel. Abra basically got sucked into the notion that her life was not complete and satisfactory unless she had a man/husband. It was not until her break form Cullen that she had the strength to realize that she was a woman in her own right, perfectly capable of making herself happy and being content with her life and her decisions, irrespective of whether there was a significant other in the picture. I saw a lot of personal growth in Abra by the end of the novel. Sure, we all want that "true love" but sometimes it does not happen and we need to be prepared to define our lives based upon who we are as individuals. I also liked Miles' character. Although Miles was feeling the "itch" by the end of the book, his itch was different than Cullens. Miles got sucked into the notion that because of his age and accomplishments, he should have the wife, 2.5 kids, 3 car garage etc., I was not until the end of the book that he realized that it was not something that was going to work for him. All in all, I viewed the book as a contrast and struggle between what society tells us we should have and strive for in order to be happy versus what we really need as individuals in order to be happy. What we need in order to be happy takes much reflection and I thought this book was good at giving some insight to that process.Product details
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The Itch (Audible Audio Edition) Benilde Little Caroline Clay Recorded Books Books Reviews
Somehow I don't think that I'm the only person out there that is not feeling The Itch. Having read and enjoyed Good Hair I was in the mood for another offering from Benilde Little. However, The Itch wasn't what I had in mind.
I grew tired of the whole Miles storyline, I didn't see how Abra was pathetic on one page and then all of a sudden made all these miraculous changes, I thought that Natasha's sista-girl character wasn't true throughout the story and that she wimped out in the end, I wanted Sherry to cut up like she did in Good Hair, and that model chick simply needed a swift kick in the behind--along with Abra's sorry-excuse-for-a-man husband.
I don't know, I guess the book just didn't develop in the direction I thought it was going to, and I was disappointed by that fact. I think that when Benilde set out to write this book she had a good idea on her hands but by the second half of the book the story just seemed rushed and disjointed.
All this said, I'm still a Benilde fan and can't wait to read her next book, but I just had to speak my mind on this one.
This is the continuing drama of the type of folks we met in "Good Hair"; in fact, a couple of the characters were conceived on the pages of Little's first book. Like the characters on soaps, the dramatis personae in "The Itch" have great style but limited substance. As a result, the book has few surprises. It is, however, a great improvement over "Good Hair"; it is entertaining and well-written, and it moves at a fast pace.
Although I am glad to see books with black characters that have achieved "the American Dream," I would like to see them portrayed in greater depth, dealing with real and complex issues and conflicts. "The Itch" is a step in the right direction, especially when compared to "Good Hair," but there is still a long way to go. I don't know if the problem is the publishers, who, like The Itch's Griffin Smith, may not believe that there is an audience for anything beyond the "Waiting to Exhale" type of story, or with the author's own decision to take "the easy way" (as Abra concludes that most of her friends have done).
Benilde Little returns in The Itch with a cast of bicoastal buppies whose lives are bankrupt in spite of stellar educations, turbo-power careers, great looks, and a lack for nothing material. They have all bought into the lie "what you have is who you are" or my favorite rendering, "what you got is who you is." They have all the trappings that we're brainwashed to believe will make us happy, but they all have holes in their souls because they live for nothing greater than glorifying self, a sure path to abysmal disappointment. The women in Little's story appear a little better than the men, but they're still after self-gratification, they merely choose procreation to achieve their ends while the men choose the traditional routes of sex, money, and power. No one seems to have a moral compass; one character in the story chants to himself "[think] only good thoughts" when he thinks he's on the verge of making partner at the firm, even though he just dumped his wife of 10 years for a model who's incapable of loving anyone other than herself (he just doesn't know it yet). The men are all womanizers ("dogs" and "players"). Through processing their failed relationships, the women emerge somewhat healthier for the moment, but the men remain lost and continue chasing their tails (and everyone else's).
The Itch made me grateful not to be a part of the MBA buppie world with its insatiable appetite for material consumption and never-ending quest for self-glorification. If your life resembles that of anyone in The Itch, I feel sorry for you.
It takes hope to scratch the itch; unfortunately this book does not provide any.
I viewed the book as less about the black upper class and more about the expectations that we as people (African American women in particular) have about what we are supposed to do with our lives as it relates to men and relationships. As an upper 30 year old African American female, I could relate to many of the ideas and issues presented in the novel. Abra basically got sucked into the notion that her life was not complete and satisfactory unless she had a man/husband. It was not until her break form Cullen that she had the strength to realize that she was a woman in her own right, perfectly capable of making herself happy and being content with her life and her decisions, irrespective of whether there was a significant other in the picture. I saw a lot of personal growth in Abra by the end of the novel. Sure, we all want that "true love" but sometimes it does not happen and we need to be prepared to define our lives based upon who we are as individuals. I also liked Miles' character. Although Miles was feeling the "itch" by the end of the book, his itch was different than Cullens. Miles got sucked into the notion that because of his age and accomplishments, he should have the wife, 2.5 kids, 3 car garage etc., I was not until the end of the book that he realized that it was not something that was going to work for him. All in all, I viewed the book as a contrast and struggle between what society tells us we should have and strive for in order to be happy versus what we really need as individuals in order to be happy. What we need in order to be happy takes much reflection and I thought this book was good at giving some insight to that process.
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