| Description |
375 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Waiting to exhale ; [2] |
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McMillan, Terry.
Waiting to exhale ; 2.
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| Contents |
Deep end -- Making the cat walk backwards -- Shake, rattle & roll -- Fourteen years -- Love don't live here anymore -- If I sit still long enough -- Coming clean -- Thunderstruck -- Icebreakers -- You need to watch Dr Phil -- Four-way -- Soap opera digest -- You can never be too sure -- Good vibrations -- Grocery shopping -- First one's free -- Things couldn't be better -- I need a fucking vacation -- Returns -- Play areas -- Blockbuster night -- I'd rather work at Walmart -- Stick a fork in me: I'm done -- Is that your final answer? -- Thank you -- Blind date -- Recovery road -- Bonjour -- Velvet handcuffs -- Payments -- Today I got a letter -- Choosing a future -- Breathe -- White dress -- Everybody dance now -- Acknowledgments. |
| Summary |
An exuberant return to the four unforgettable heroines of Waiting to Exhale-the novel that changed African American fiction forever. Now, McMillan revisits Savannah, Gloria, Bernadine, and Robin fifteen years later. Each is at her own midlife crossroads: Savannah has awakened to the fact that she's made too many concessions in her marriage, and decides to face life single again-at fifty-one. Bernadine has watched her mega-divorce settlement dwindle, been swindled by her husband number two, and conned herself into thinking that a few pills will help distract her from her pain. Robin has an all-American case of shopaholism, while the big dream of her life-to wear a wedding dress-has gone unrealized. And for years, Gloria has taken happiness and security for granted. But being at the wrong place at the wrong time can change everything. All four are learning to heal past hurts and to reclaim their joy and their dreams; but they return to us full of spirit, sass, and faith in one another. They've exhaled: now they are learning to breathe. |
| Subject |
African American women -- Fiction.
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Female friendship -- Fiction.
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Phoenix (Ariz.) -- Fiction.
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| ISBN |
9780670022045 |
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0670022047 |
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9780670022281 International ed. |
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0670022284 International ed. |
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