FICTION & LITERATURE
Released: Sept. 17, 2013
"McMillan turns in a solid, well-told story."
The years pass, and McMillan's (
Waiting to Exhale, 1992, etc.) characters have moved from buppiedom to grandmotherhood.
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FICTION & LITERATURE
Released: Sept. 7, 2010
"Full of sitcom moments and windy dialogue—aging chick lit at its most superficial. "
McMillan's sequel to her popular
Waiting To Exhale picks up 15 years later in the lives of the four Phoenix friends—Savannah, Gloria, Bernadine and Robin—still looking for love and happiness as they hit middle age.
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FICTION & LITERATURE
Released: July 19, 2005
"Undercharacterized Leon is the weak link here. Otherwise, McMillan's combination of boisterous humor and real compassion, both for the old and the underclass, is deeply impressive."
The sparks fly in McMillan's latest, a crowded family drama with two midlife crises competing for attention.
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FICTION & LITERATURE
Released: Jan. 15, 2001
"Great storytelling with one catch: no plot. But McMillan's trademark earthiness and wonderful dialogue more than compensate. This bestselling author (How Stella Got Her Groove Back, 1996, etc.) has a rare gift for creating living, breathing people on the page."
FICTION & LITERATURE
Released: May 1, 1996
"One hopes McMillan will follow her heroine's example and slow down a little on her next book. (First printing of 750,000; serial rights to People and Essence; Book-of-the-Month Club main selection; author tour)"
McMillan (Waiting to Exhale, 1992, etc.) takes it easy with this tossed-together tale of a 42-year-old black, female professional who falls for a young Jamaican cook.
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FICTION & LITERATURE
Released: June 1, 1992
"A novel that hits so many exposed nerves is sure to be a conversation-piece: it has heart and pizzazz and even, yes, the sweet smell of the breakthrough book."
