Waiting to Exhale - Abridged
A Waiting to Exhale Novel
- By: Terry McMillan
- Narrated by: Terry McMillan
- Length: 2 hours 48 minutes
Description
The critically acclaimed novel about four women who learn how to carry on while leaning on each other from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of How Stella Got Her Groove Back and It's Not All Downhill From Here.
When 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....
“Hilarious, irreverent...Reading Waiting to Exhale is like being in the company of a great friend...thought-provoking, thoroughly entertaining, and very, very comforting.”—The New York Times Book Review
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A Waiting to Exhale Novel Series

Getting to Happy
By: Terry McMillan
Narrated by: S. Epatha Merkerson, Gloria Reuben & LaChanze
Length: 11 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
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... Read more »
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Waiting to Exhale - Abridged
By: Terry McMillan
Length: 2 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: Yes
The critically acclaimed novel about four women who learn how to carry on while leaning on each other from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of How Stella Got Her Groove Back and It's Not All Downhill From Here.
When the men in their lives prove less than reliable, Savannah, Bernadine, Gloria, and Robin find new strength through a rare and... Read more »