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Waiting to Exhale Study Guide

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by Terry McMillan
About 65 pages (19,577 words)
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Waiting to Exhale Study Guide consists of approx. 65 pages of summaries and analysis on Waiting to Exhale by Terry McMillan. Browse the literature study guide below:

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As the novel begins, Savannah Jackson is dressing to attend a New Year's Eve party at the invitation of a man named Lionel to whom she has only spoken on the phone. Savannah's brother-in-law used to know Lionel in college and suggested that Savannah call him, since both he and Savannah live in Denver. Savannah is moving to Phoenix in February but she connects with Lionel so that she will not be alone on New Year's Eve. (read more)
      Not Dick Clark
      Suddenly Single
      Forget What I Just Said
      Unanswered Prayers
      Fire
      Fat
      Interstate Lust
      Discovery
      Venus in Virgo
      Happy Hour
      Freedom of Expression
      Steam
      Control
      It Ain't About Nothin'
      BWOTM
      Why Are You Here?
      Rebounding
      Killing Time
      New Territory
      Closer to the Bone
      Drunk
      Monsoon
      To Heaven and Back
      Still Waves in It
      Unreasonable Requests
      Friendship
      The Weight of All Things

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    Critical Review by Donnella Canty
    SOURCE: "McMillan Arrives," in English Journal, Vol. 85, No. 4, April, 1996, pp. 86-7. In the follow... more

    Critical Review by Publishers Weekly
    SOURCE: A review of Waiting to Exhale, in Publishers Weekly, Vol. 239, No. 15, March 23, 1992, p. 58... more


     
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