Waiting to Exhale (Magill’s Choice: American Ethnic Writers)
At a glance:
- Author: Terry McMillan
- First Published: 1992
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: African Americans, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Blacks, Gay men, Homosexuality or homosexuals, Sex or sexuality, Friendship, West, U.S., Women’s issues, Single parents or single-parent families, Women, Single people, Arizona, Colorado, Southwest, 1990’s, AIDS
- Locales: Phoenix, AZ, Denver, CO
The Work
Waiting to Exhale, Terry McMillan’s third novel, was an instant popular success when it was first published in 1992. The book found wide acceptance, both critical and public, largely because of the honesty of its character portrayals and the timeliness of its themes. All four main characters in Waiting To Exhale are seeking the acceptance of culture and family but are also determined to escape their limiting influences. The conflicts that arise in the lives of the characters reflect the concerns of black feminist writers in general, and critics...
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