

Jarrett is a graduate of North Carolina A & T State University and Thurgood Marshall School of Law. She travels the country as a sought after panelist and speaker for events such as the Baltimore Book Festival, Faith & Fiction Retreat, Harlem Book Fair, Miami Book Fair, and other venues. Jarrett has received a Certificate of Congressional Recognition for her literary work. Norma has been a featured guest on ABC 13’s Crossroads, Outlook Houston, the Yolanda Adams Morning Show, and other media outlets. Her work has gained attention in Ebony, Essence, Gospel Today, Jewel, Publisher’s Weekly, Rolling Out, Southern Living, Upscale, and USA Today. Jarrett is the author of the novels Sunday Brunch (Best Girlfriend Book – Upscale Magazine/Rawsistaz Literary Group), Sweet Magnolia (An Essence magazine national book club selection) and The Sunday Brunch Diaries (Essence Bestseller) all published under Doubleday/Harlem Moon.

Through conversation and consolation, these dynamic characters provide one another with divine inspiration-encouraging readers to root for them along the way. But what happens when depression hits hard? Meanwhile, Jewel bases her dating choices on the size of a man’s bank account until she meets a new flame who causes her to reconsider her requirements.įinally, there’s Lexi, the link between the ladies, who provides sage advice while praying for Mr. Her scorn for love of all kinds-godly or otherwise-is challenged by a serious health scare.

But now her workaholic marriage is threatened by temptation.Īngel, on the other hand, sees men merely as a means to sex. Then there’s Jermane, a devout Catholic who met her husband in law school and has never been with another man.

She seems to have it all together all the time until a seductive client topples her self-control. Meet Capri, an attorney at a top Houston firm. Waiting to Exhale meets Church Folk as five female attorneys do brunch each week to trade tales about their love lives, law firms, and the Lord!
