Terry McMillan's characters have grown along with her. So it's not surprising that her latest book — I Almost Forgot About You — is about middle age. Her protagonist, Georgia Young, is an optometrist. Dr. Georgia is attractive, successful and economically secure. But, McMillan says, Georgia's accumulation of fine things has left her wondering why she bothered. "You do all that and then so what?" McMillan says. "You live in your little boring house, and you realize that every day you just do the same thing. For some people, that's fine. But for a lot of people, it feels like settling — and they know it."Georgia knows. Her lucrative career has never excited her and her love life has been on pause for years. So, McMillan says, after getting a reminder that long life isn't a given, Georgia decides to shake things up and prepares for her future by revisiting her past relationships. McMillan believes her readers will identify with the urge to re-examine their lives past the halfway mark,
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