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Terry McMillan Disappearing Acts
Signet 0451205634 / 9780451205636 MASS MARKET PAPERBACK Good
0451205634 Former library book with the usual markings and stickers, otherwise clean inside and out May ship from alternate location depending on your zip code and availability.
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Terry McMillan How Stella Got Her Groove Back
The Viking Press 0670869902 / 9780670869909 Hardcover Good
0670869902 Former library book with the usual markings and stickers, otherwise clean inside and out May ship from alternate location depending on your zip code and availability.
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Terry McMillan Mama
Pocket 0671884484 / 9780671884482 MASS MARKET PAPERBACK Good
0671884484 Mass Market Paperback. Good. Lite wear, creases otherwise a solid copy. General Used condition.
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Terry McMillan Waiting to Exhale
Viking Adult 1992 0670839809 / 9780670839803 Hardcover Very Good
0670839809 From Publishers Weekly A racy, zesty, irreverent and absorbing book with broad mainstream appeal, McMillan's third novel (after Mama and Disappearing Acts ) tells the stories of four 30ish black women bound together in warm, supportive friendship and in their dwindling hopes of finding Mr. Right. Savannah, Bernadine, Robin and Gloria are successful professional or self-employed women living in Phoenix. All are independent, upwardly mobile and "waiting to exhale"--to stop holding their breaths waiting for the proper mate to come along. (Bernadine is married, but her husband walks out on her for a white woman as the novel opens.) They also share speech patterns that some readers may find disconcerting: they utter profanities with panache, unceasingly. Indeed, the novel's major drawback may be the number of times such words as shit , fuck and ass are repeated on every page. These women have a healthy interest in sex, while deploring the fact that most of the men they meet are arrogant, irresponsible and chronically unfaithful. Each character is drawn with authenticity and empathy, and McMillan pulls no punches about their collective bad judgment in choosing partners for romance. After many vicissitudes, two of the heroines find love, but until then McMillan keeps us constantly guessing about which members of her lively quartet will be thus rewarded. There's nothing stereotyped in her work here: it is fresh and engaging. 100,000 copy first printing; $100,000 ad/promo; first serial to Essence; BOMC and QPBC selections; author tour. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal Like McMillan's previous novels, Disappearing Acts ( LJ 7/89) and Mama ( LJ 1/87), her new effort features a predictable plot, prose that often falls flat, and a narrative that lacks depth. Four African American women living in Phoenix devote most of their energies to searching for the one good black man who will make their dreams of the perfect partner and lover come true. Unsurprisingly, Savannah, Bernie, Gloria, and Robin all kiss several toads, but their trials and errors never arouse much interest. Far stronger is the author's sharp, often humorous depiction of the strong bonds among the four friends, their relationships with their families, and their community activities; readers will regret that McMillan did not develop these areas further. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 1/92. - Faye A. Chadwell, Univ. of South Carolina Lib., Columbia Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. May ship from alternate location depending on your zip code and availability.
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Terry McMillan Waiting to Exhale
Signet 045121529X / 9780451215291 PAPERBACK Good
045121529X Mass Market Paperback. Good. Lite wear, creases otherwise a solid copy. General Used condition. May ship from alternate location depending on your zip code and availability.
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