{"product_id":"waiting-to-exhale-isbn-9780451233424","title":"Waiting to Exhale","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe critically acclaimed novel about four women who learn how to carry on while leaning on each other from the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHow Stella Got Her Groove Back\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIt's Not All Downhill From Here\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eWhen 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....\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Hilarious, irreverent...Reading \u003ci\u003eWaiting to Exhale\u003c\/i\u003e is like being in the company of a great friend...thought-provoking, thoroughly entertaining, and very, very comforting.”—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eWaiting to Exhale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A delightful, irreverent, and sometimes raunchy novel about figuring it out (or not) with your friends.”—Lit Hub\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“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.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “Sharp, dynamic, and funny as hell.”—\u003ci\u003eNew York Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “McMillan is not only a gifted writer but a social critic as clear-eyed as Mark Twain or Zora Neale Hurston or Edith Wharton.”—\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eWaiting to Exhale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e’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.”—\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Woman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e“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\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “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.”—\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan   Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “Women, triumph, revenge, comradeship…a paean to the sisterhood of all women.”—\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “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.”—\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e“Captures what life and love are all about today.”—\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eTerry McMillan\u003c\/b\u003e is the award-winning, critically acclaimed #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWaiting to Exhale\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGetting to Happy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHow Stella Got Her Groove Back\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Day Late and a Dollar Short\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Interruption of Everything\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWho Asked You?\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMama\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDisappearing Acts\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eI Almost Forgot About You\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIt’s Not All Downhill From Here\u003c\/i\u003e, and the editor of \u003ci\u003eBreaking Ice: An Anthology of Contemporary African-American Fiction \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eIt Was the Way She Said It\u003c\/i\u003e. 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