McMillan, Terry

Waiting to exhale by Terry McMillan ( Book )
69 editions published between 1992 and 2011 in 14 languages and held by 3,643 libraries worldwide
Four African-American women console and support one another in a complex friendship that helps each of them face the middle of her life as a single woman.

How Stella got her groove back by Terry McMillan ( Book )
38 editions published between 1996 and 2004 in 12 languages and held by 3,189 libraries worldwide
A holiday in Jamaica turns into sizzling romance for 42-year-old Stella Payne, a black divorcee and financial security analyst, when she meets Winston Shakespeare, a local assistant cook. Stella invites him to San Francisco to show him off to friends and to her 11-year-old son, and Shakespeare is a hit. Only problem, Shakespeare is 20 years old.

A day late and a dollar short by Terry McMillan ( Book )
55 editions published between 1995 and 2006 in 6 languages and held by 3,179 libraries worldwide
The Price family--Viola, the matriarch; her sometimes-husband Cecil; and their four adult children--sticks together through life's most trying circumstances.

The interruption of everything by Terry McMillan ( Book )
42 editions published between 2003 and 2007 in 5 languages and held by 2,773 libraries worldwide
The perfect wife and mother of three grown children, Marilyn Grimes copes with the problems of midlife as she struggles to recall some of her own postponed dreams and reinvent her marriage, friendships, family, and herself.

Disappearing acts by Terry McMillan ( Book )
46 editions published between 1989 and 2009 in 7 languages and held by 2,186 libraries worldwide
When Franklin, a young construction worker, meets Zora, a struggling singer from Ohio, neither is certain they can make the sacrifices and commitments needed to build love.

Getting to happy by Terry McMillan ( Book )
13 editions published between 2010 and 2011 in English and held by 2,144 libraries worldwide
From the Publisher: An exuberant return to the four unforgettable heroines of Waiting to Exhale-the novel that changed African American fiction forever. Now, McMillan revisits Savannah, Gloria, Bernadine, and Robin fifteen years later. Each is at her own midlife crossroads: Savannah has awakened to the fact that she's made too many concessions in her marriage, and decides to face life single again-at fifty-one. Bernadine has watched her mega-divorce settlement dwindle, been swindled by her husband number two, and conned herself into thinking that a few pills will help distract her from her pain. Robin has an all-American case of shopaholism, while the big dream of her life-to wear a wedding dress-has gone unrealized. And for years, Gloria has taken happiness and security for granted. But being at the wrong place at the wrong time can change everything. All four are learning to heal past hurts and to reclaim their joy and their dreams; but they return to us full of spirit, sass, and faith in one another. They've exhaled: now they are learning to breathe.

Mama by Terry McMillan ( Book )
43 editions published between 1987 and 2009 in 7 languages and held by 2,055 libraries worldwide
Mildred Peacock, mother of five, black, and fed up with poverty and the jealous rampages of her husband, kicks him out to raise her kids on her own.

Breaking ice : an anthology of contemporary African-American fiction ( Book )
11 editions published between 1990 and 1998 in English and held by 1,694 libraries worldwide
A striking collection of works from authors both established and emerging, this is the first original anthology of African-American writing in over a decade. Featured contributors include: J. California Cooper, Marita Golden, Gloria Naylor, Darryl Pinckney, Ntozake Shange, Alice Walker, Ishmael Reed, Terry McMillan, and many others.

Waiting to exhale ( Visual )
6 editions published between 1995 and 2001 in English and held by 1,044 libraries worldwide
The story of four African-American women who journey through a modern labyrinth of husbands and lovers, jobs and makeovers.

Five for five : the films of Spike Lee by Spike Lee ( Book )
4 editions published in 1991 in English and held by 765 libraries worldwide