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Getting It Right Paperback – June 6, 2017

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"Osborne explores questions of race, privilege, and family loyalties without offering any false, easy answers for her two protagonists."
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"Looking for an edge-of-your-seat suspense yarn? You won't find a more absorbing story than Getting It Right...In it we get to know half sisters Kara and Alex, who meet for the first time as adults. Over two weeks in March, the siblings deal with both their own and common issues and drama in ways that entertain and enlighten."
--Essence, One of Summer's Best Books

"Osborne has created a compelling story of women trying to move past the bondage of their upbringing. We are left wondering, what does it mean to make amends? Is redemption possible?...Getting It Right is absorbing and pushes at understanding race, family bonds, and trauma."
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Getting It Right is the story of Kara and Alex, half-sisters who have never met―one the product of an abusive foster-care setting, the other of dysfunctional privilege. Haunted by crippling memories, Kara falls for the wrong men, tries to help her foster-care siblings suffering from PTSD, and longs for the father and half-sister she only knows from a photograph. Alex, meanwhile, struggles to keep her younger sisters out of trouble, her mother sane, and her marketing business afloat.

Now Alex has a new responsibility: from his hospital bed, her father tasks her with finding Kara, the mixed-race child he abandoned. Alex is stunned to learn of Kara's existence but reluctantly agrees.

To make things more complicated, Kara loves a married man whom the FBI is pursuing for insider trading. When Alex eventually finds her half-sister, she becomes embroiled in Kara's dangers, which threaten to drag them both down. If Kara doesn't help the FBI, she could face prosecution and possible incarceration, and if Alex can't persuade Kara to meet their father, she will let him down during the final days of his life.

Set in Harlem, the Bronx, and the wealthy community of Bedford, New York, during two weeks in March, Getting It Right explores grit and resilience, evolving definitions of race and family, and the ultimate power of redemption and forgiveness.

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Karen E. Osborne is a debut novelist after a forty-year career as a consultant, trainer, and motivational speaker―with videos and podcasts that continue to inspire audiences. Her debut novel, Getting It Right, was featured in the November 2017 issue of Poets & Writers. Currently an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University’s Krieger School of Arts & Sciences, she serves on the board of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. She is at work on her second novel.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ OpenLens (June 6, 2017)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 280 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1617755389
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1617755385
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.1 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.07 x 0.75 x 8.05 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #1,073,827 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #400 in Sibling Relationships (Books)
- #7,752 in Black & African American Women's Fiction (Books)
- #13,608 in Women's Domestic Life Fiction

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I can't remember a time when I didn't want to write or wasn't writing.

As a little girl growing up in the Bronx, I told my friends stories I made up, but pretended were true (imagined reality was better received by the audience). I wrote my first short story when I was twelve. In middle school, I'd submit book reports about my own stories with fake author names. Never caught and always received an A. Under my graduation picture in the Evander Childs High School yearbook next to "ambition," it said writer. Marriage, children, and career sidelined my true passion, but didn't squelch it.

"Getting It Right" came to me in scenes. I finished the first draft in a year. Querying and rejections followed until the wonderful day when my agent said, "I have an offer to share with you." Wow. Happy and grateful. Akashic Books published it June 2017. My second novel, Tangled Lies, found a home with Black Rose Writing after querying and rejections and was released in July 2021. Novel three -- no querying, no rejections. My publisher contacted me and asked if I had another book. "Yes, I do," I said. Reckonings was released on June 16, 2022! And novel #4 -- True Grace -- historical suspense, book club fiction, drops on September 7, 2023.

Today, I live in Florida with my husband of 54 years. Together, we have two children and three grandsons.

I love hearing from readers and fellow authors. I host a zoom show, What Are You Reading? What Are You Writing? on my website. www.KarenEOsborne.com Hope to hear from you!

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Michael Hopkins

Compelling from start to finish

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 20, 2021

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On its simplest level, “Getting it Right” by Karen E. Osborne is a story of two half-sisters, Kara and Alex, who circumstances bring together for the first time as adults and who, in the wake of unsettling revelations, must navigate what it means to be family. But there is nothing simple in the story of Kara and Alex. While they share the same father and an uncanny resemblance to one another, each has grown up in very different worlds – Alex in privilege and affluence; Kara in poverty and suffering unfathomable abuse. Alex with a difficult mother and often absent father; Kara, when her mother dies tragically at a young age, in foster care, completely abandoned by the same father. Kara’s mother is African American; Alex’s white and married to their successful father.

Within this juxtaposition, Osborne takes each of the sisters on a journey of self-discovery, richly developed and transformational.

Osborne’s writing is simply perfect, clean, and drawing the reader into the minds of Kara and Alex, with a well-drawn assemblage of supporting characters, each integral in the exploration of the complex psychologies of the main protagonists.

I loved this book. It was lyrical, sad, tragic, and affirming, and it kept me invested in Kara and Alex through every page. I’m looking forward to more from Karen E. Osborne.

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C. Jones

Family drama and romance!

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Family drama and romance! It was a pleasure reading this book. A great escape during this pandemic -- about real people in interesting situations and ethical dilemmas. I enjoyed the action in this book and the insight into each character's introspective journeys. The details were spot on and I am looking forward to Tangled Lies!

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Mare

Great mystery. Good reminder of how we can overcome life's circumstances and gain family along the way

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 25, 2017

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This book is a page-turner. It's a fantastic debut novel & mystery. The characters, two half-sisters, initially unknown to each other, find a way to connect. Kara and Alex, are the main characters. The author writes in a compelling way about the struggles the two sisters have had, and eventually overcome. One sister, Kara, was raised in a horrible, abusive (not graphic) foster family. On the opposite side of the coin, there's Alex, whose job is now to find her half-sister. As I read the book, it made me think about how we define family, and how they can help us overcome some wretched circumstances. Along the way, it's a fun mystery as well. You've got the FBI, and some insider trading to liven up the plot and kept me returning to the story. I was touched by the stories of Kara and Alex, and their families. The story reminds me that we can have some interesting family configurations --and those people can help save us, and see us through troubled times. I think the author did a wonderful job of taking this journey and mystery. I would love to read more from this author, and perhaps follow Kara and Alex in further journeys.

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Ruth

Great Read

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I picked up this book and was unable to put it down. I completed it in three days and was left wanting more. You will not be disappointed!

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Gladys Epps

Wonderful story - pleasure to read

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 21, 2021

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This is a well written story and quite an easy read. The story line makes you stop to think about your own life experiences and how they affect your choices. But even more it causes you to realize how important it is to be gentle with others because you do not know what life has thrown their way.

I can’t wait to read Ms. Osborne’s next novel, Tangled Lies!

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yotaylor

The novel is a compelling read.

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This novel is a compelling read. The characters speak to me, not because of my loved experience but because they give voice to people who are struggling in ways that often go ignored by our society. The author does an amazing job in weaving together important social issues with love and redemption.

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Kristin Blanchfield

She then asked if I liked it. I paused because some of the book ...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 25, 2018

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I had the most lovely snow day, and a big part of it was settling into this book. I carried it with me to the coffee shop in the morning and couldn’t put it down throughout the day. My daughter came into my room in the afternoon when I was about 2/3 of the way through it and asked me what I was reading. I told her it was a book written by a friend. She then asked if I liked it. I paused because some of the book is tough, but realized that I had come to genuinely care about the characters which I told her. She answered that for her that means it’s a good book!
Thank you for your generosity in writing this novel. I recognize the perseverance and courage required to complete it.

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Jim

Getting It Right Draws You In

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 12, 2017

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I couldn't put it down. The characters in this book are so well developed, it was impossible to not feel completely engrossed by their stories. Karen Osborne has a real gift for drawing the reader in; I found myself turning page after page, eager to learn what was in store for Kara and Alex, hoping that their path forward would bring them a measure of peace. It's one of those books that you will find yourself mulling over long after you've finished it. I hope that there are more books in store from this gifted author.

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