Tully lands an internship at KCPO-TV in Seattle and finagles a producing job for Kate.
Tully has a life goal for them both: They will become network TV anchorwomen. In college, “TullyandKate” pledge the same sorority and major in communications. Tully takes refuge with the family of her “best friend forever,” Kate Mularkey, who compares herself unfavorably with Tully, in regards to looks and charisma.
Tallulah “Tully” Hart, father unknown, is the daughter of a hippie, Cloud, who makes only intermittent appearances in her life. Lifelong, conflicted friendship of two women is the premise of Hannah’s maudlin latest ( Magic Hour, 2006, etc.), again set in Washington State. Lively dialogue and fresh characterization enrich the barely-there plot, which is all Thomas needs to make her point: It’s what inside that counts. Irresistibly cheerful, feel-good feminism underpins this pleasant little tale, although the men are in no way villainous, and the talented author writes just as sympathetically from a male point of view. Let Clint marry his sweet Kandi, Venus decides she’s found herself-and freedom. Her friends, family, and coworkers weigh in with comments, mostly negative, about her very short hair, but Venus is thrilled to have put an end to her tedious hours in beauty salons and her general obsession with her appearance.
Venus has second thoughts about her impulsive action, but she’s got a few other things on her mind at the moment: a lecherous colleague and the poison-pen letters someone’s been sending her at the office. The handsome doctor is baffled, but there’s another woman ready and waiting, of course: Kandi, whose hair is equally long, soft, and processed. Fed up, Venus asks her very surprised hairdresser to cut it all off-and promptly kicks Clint out, just like that. He likes her just as she is, too, including her long, straight, processed hair. But pediatrician Clint has been content with their relationship just as it is and doesn’t seem any too interested in ever making a real commitment. Venus Johnson has a successful career in cosmetics advertising, some great girlfriends, and a live-in love who’s (yes!) a doctor. A young black woman decides to stop fussing with her hair, and changes her life in the process.
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