Waiting to Exhale - Softcover

McMillan, Terry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0671537458 ISBN 13: 9780671537456

Publisher: Pocket, 2001

Synopsis

ROBIN STOKES is a successful insurance professional recovering from a dead-end love affair. "They say love is a two-way street. But I don't believe it because the one I've been on for the last two years was a dirt road." After months of depression , shopping and dating all the wrong men, she's getting by with a little help from her friends -- and still determined to find the Real Thing...

BERNADINE HARRIS has the kids,the house, and the BMW, but a young white bookkeeper has her husband. Now, propped by her prescription for Xanax and her first pack of cigarettes in 106 days, she's entering a whole new world....

GLORIA MATTHEWS owns one of the few stylish beauty salons for black women in Phoenix, and finds solace in religion, her teenage son, other people's hair, and food. Her social and emotional bank accounts are low, but a sweet suprise is about to open up her life....

SAVANNAH JACKSON is a public relations executive -- educated, attractive, and unmarried. On the verge of moving to her fourth city in fifteen years, she's lobbying the Lord, "Could You send me a decent man? Could he be full of zest, and please, a slow, tender, passionate lover -- and could he already be what he aspired to?"

About this title

About the Author:

Terry McMillan is the author of the critically acclaimed novels Mama and Disappearing Acts. Her third novel, Waiting to Exhale, has been a major New York Times bestseller and is one of the most celebrated books of the decade. Ms. McMillan is also the editor of Breaking Ice: An Anhology of Contemporary African-American Fiction. She lives in northern California with her son, Solomon.

From AudioFile:

In this proud, poignant tale, four thirty-something African-American women rely on one another for love and support. McMillan's portrait of these friends, who struggle with differing aspects of loneliness, is indelibly etched with love and understanding. Her empathy is vividly realized in her reading of the work. McMillan's passion is infectious. Deft character-ization and a rich, resonant narration sweep the listener along in the beauty and grace of a vision ably articulated in this powerful reading. R.W.B. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Pocket
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0671537458
• ISBN 13: 9780671537456
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 416