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Publisher: Avon Trade / HarperCollins
Release Date: April 27, 2004
ISBN: 0060595353
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Format Reviewed: Trade Paperback
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Genre:   Women’s Fiction / African American related
Reviewed: 2004
Reviewer: Jan Fields
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Homecourt Advantage
By Rita Ewing and Crystal McCrary Anthony

     Homecourt Advantage is tasty junk food reading with the naughty allure of catty gossip about professional athletes and their wives -- a subject the authors know well since they are (or were) wives of professional basketball players. Somewhere around the hundredth page, you’ll begin to guess where the book might be going -- well, you’re right. You’ll find no surprises anywhere in this plot. The underlying message of the novel is that basketball wives and girlfriends are almost all noble (albeit a tad self-involved) and professional athletes are dogs (and profoundly self-involved). It’s a theme we don’t have much trouble accepting so the book makes a pleasant vacation read -- like getting your soap opera fix in a book. Here’s a hint I gleaned from the book -- if you’re considering getting involved with a professional athlete -- stick with the religious guys. This is the first co-author outing for the writing team of Rita Ewing (the former wife of Patrick Ewing) and Crystal McCrary Anthony (wife of Greg Anthony) and they have a bit of the first-time fumbling you can expect in celebrity authors. Since they are both intelligent professional women, so I’m sure their next book will combine the pepper with a little more mature seasoning.