Getting to Happy by Terry Mcmillan

Getting to Happy by Terry Mcmillan

An exuberant return to the four unforgettable heroines of Waiting to Exhale--the novel that changed African American fiction forever.

Terry McMillan's Waiting to Exhale was more than just a bestselling novel--its publication was a watershed moment in literary history. McMillan's sassy and vibrant story about four African American women struggling to find love and their place in the world touched a cultural nerve, inspired a blockbuster film, and generated a devoted audience.

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 megadivorce 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.

Terry McMillan is the author of Waiting to Exhale, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, A Day Late and a Dollar Short, and The Interruption of Everything, as well as the editor of Breaking Ice: An Anthology of Contemporary African-American Fiction, and the editor of Breaking Ice: An Anthology of Contemporary African-American Fiction. Waiting to Exhale (Twentieth Century Fox, 1995); How Stella Got Her Groove Back (Twentieth Century Fox, 1998); Disappearing Acts (HBO Films, 1999); and A Day Late and a Dollar Short (Lifetime, 2014) are McMillan's previous seven novels, all of which were New York Times bestsellers. She currently resides in California.

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ISBN 13	9780670022045
ISBN 10	0670022047
Title	Getting to Happy
Author	Terry Mcmillan
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	2010-09-07
Number of pages	375
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