In the hilarious "just keepin' it real" style novel, If This World Were Mine, by E. Lynn Harris, a
group of friends decide to start a journal club, like they did back in their college English class. This story is
told by each and all takes place in the 90's around the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays.
Sometimes it is easier to put your thoughts on paper rather than express them out loud. A group of
college friends decides to restart their journal club called, If This World Were Mine. The group includes
Yolanda, single, independent, and not looking for a man. She was once married, but her husband wanted to
travel, while she was ready to be stable. Then there's Dr. Leland Thompson, gay and single. Riley Woodson,
the epidimy of beauty. She's married to her college sweetheart Selwyn, who is also a member of the journal
club, and they have a set of twins', Ryan and Reginald. Dwight Leon Scott is also a member he is divorced
and mad at the world. He was married to Kelli, a former member of the group. She left because Dwight
wouldn't. The group has monthly meetings where they eat, drink, and read and discuss their journals. Each
member of the group always brings something to read to the meeting, but they never read what is really
going on in their lives. They all feel like they have to impress the other members, which defeats the whole
The climax of the story begins when Leland's client, Taylor Wilson called and asked to have an
emergency meeting. After Leland's secretary scheduled the meeting and Taylor made it to the office, he
began to tell Leland what was going on. At the same time Yolanda was in New York handling some
business and also visiting John, her new guy friend. One day she went to John's apartment on surprise and
got a bigger surprise than she expected. While back in Chicago, Taylor was still talking with Leland
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