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Waiting to Exhale - (Waiting to Exhale Novel) by Terry McMillan (Paperback)

Waiting to Exhale - (Waiting to Exhale Novel) by  Terry McMillan (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The sensational #1 "New York Times" bestseller is now available in a new trade paper edition. A hilarious and heartbreaking look at four vibrant black women in their thirties, who aren't holding their breath waiting for Mr. Right--but they haven't stopped hoping.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>The critically acclaimed novel about four women who learn how to carry on while leaning on each other from the #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>How Stella Got Her Groove Back</i> and <i>It's Not All Downhill From Here</i>. <p/></b>When the men in their lives prove less than reliable, Savannah, Bernadine, Gloria, and Robin find new strength through a rare and enlightening friendship as they struggle to regain stability and an identity they don't have to share with anyone. Because for the first time in a long time, their dreams are finally OFF hold.... <p/><b>"Hilarious, irreverent...Reading <i>Waiting to Exhale</i> is like being in the company of a great friend...thought-provoking, thoroughly entertaining, and very, very comforting."--</b><i><b>The New York Times Book Review</b></i><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><b>Praise for <i>Waiting to Exhale</i></b> <p/>"Terry McMillan has created a well-written, truthful, and funny story of four African-American women...and the sometimes volatile world of Black female-Black male relationships."--Spike Lee <p/>"The characters are so real, that you'll wonder if McMillan hasn't somehow overheard a private conversation. In the end, you'll cheer for Savannah, Bernadine, Gloria, and Robin. But the cheering starts for McMillan on the first page."--<i>The Boston Globe</i> <p/> "Sharp, dynamic, and funny as hell."--<i>New York Daily News</i> <p/> "McMillan is not only a gifted writer but a social critic as clear-eyed as Mark Twain or Zora Neale Hurston or Edith Wharton."--<i>Newsday <p/></i>"<i><i>Waiting to Exhale</i></i>'s electric voices grab you and never let go...We root for characters so immediate they leap off the page; these women are cynical, self-deluding, furious--yet ever hopeful and relentlessly funny...Their struggles will resonate for anyone fighting to get her fair share of loving."--<i><i>New Woman</i> <p/> </i>"Terry McMillan has such a wonderful ear for story and dialogue. She gives us four women with raw, honest emotions that breathe off the page."--Amy Tan<i><br> </i> <br> "McMillan shines new light on contemporary African-Americans in bars, cafes, offices, and health clubs all over America who seldom show up so vividly in print."--<i><i>San Francisco Chronicle</i><br> </i> <br> "Women, triumph, revenge, comradeship...a paean to the sisterhood of all women."--<i><i>Los Angeles Times Book Review</i></i> <p/> "Savannah, Bernadine, Robin, and Gloria are bright and aggressive, resilient and sassy...just bursting with life...Through it all, these four vibrant and durable women are there for one another."--<i><i>The Washington Post Book World</i> <p/> </i>"Captures what life and love are all about today."--<i><i>USA Today</i></i><b> </b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Terry McMillan</b> is the award-winning, critically acclaimed #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Waiting to Exhale</i>, <i>Getting to Happy</i>, <i>How Stella Got Her Groove Back</i>, <i>A Day Late and a Dollar Short</i>, <i>The Interruption of Everything</i>, <i>Who Asked You?</i>, <i>Mama</i>, <i>Disappearing Acts</i>, <i>I Almost Forgot About You</i>, <i>It's Not All Downhill From Here</i>, and the editor of <i>Breaking Ice: An Anthology of Contemporary African-American Fiction</i>. She lives in California.

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