Getting to happy / Terry McMillan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McMillan, Terry.

Series:

Waiting to exhale ; 2.

Waiting to exhale ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American women--Fiction.

African American women.

Female friendship--Fiction.

Female friendship.

Phoenix (Ariz.)--Fiction.

Phoenix (Ariz.).

Self-reliance--Fiction.

Arizona--Phoenix.

Genre:

Fiction.

Chick lit.

Miscellaneous fiction.

Psychological fiction.

Physical Description:

375 pages ; 24 cm.

regular print

Place of Publication:

New York : Viking, 2010.

Summary:

From the Publisher: 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.

A sequel to "Waiting to Exhale" picks up fifteen years later to find Savannah contemplating divorce, Bernadine succumbing to painkiller addiction after a second husband's swindle, Robin falling into shopaholism, and Gloria confronting profound change after a fateful event.

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.

Notes:

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Image Awards Outstanding Literary Work - Fiction, Winner, 2011

ISBN:

9780670022045

0670022047

9780670022281

0670022284

9781410429247

1410429245

OCLC:

528665831