Waiting to Exhale Chapter Summary & Analysis - To Heaven and Back Summary

To Heaven and Back Summary

Savannah's mother calls her early one morning requesting that Savannah write another letter to the food stamp people, because the one Savannah had written previously had been improperly processed. The next morning, Savannah hurriedly composes the letter and wires her mother some money before leaving for Las Vegas to attend a TV producers' conference. Savannah meets a man named Charles Turner at the conference, and they spend time together attending business sessions as well as social functions. Charles and Savannah also become intimate spending the nights in Savannah's hotel room and part in Las Vegas promising to visit each other as soon as possible.

When she returns to Phoenix, Savannah shares the news about Charles with Gloria, Robin, and Bernadine, but none of them is very interested because of their own relationship situations. Robin is sad because of Russell's indifference; Gloria is enthused by Marvin's attentions; and Bernadine is floating...
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