Waiting to Exhale
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Plot Summary of Waiting to Exhale

" In Terry McMillan's Waiting to Exhale the reader is introduced to four strong women at various points of their lives. Each searching for what everyone longs for: true love. Each woman experiences the pains of a new society that they thought they had left out of a long time ago.
This romance is a coming of age for all women, although centered around just African Americans,McMillan uses descriptive terms to convey emotions to all readers.

Crested sapwood supportable noradrenaline runout.

"
Jessica, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Waiting to Exhale

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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Romance/Romance Problems Yes
Kind of romance: - GENERAL--no other subplots apply - boatload of casual sex without love - playing footsy while inconveniently married
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Ethnic/regional/gender life Yes
Woman's story? Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Age: - 40's-50's
Ethnicity/Nationality - Black
How sensitive is this character? - soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - throughout most of the book.
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - West - Midwest
Misc setting - fancy mansion - resort/hotel

Style
Person - rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - impregnation/reproduction
Lot of foul language? Yes
Unusual Style: - a lot of flashback and forwards - No single main character?
Amount of dialog - mostly dialog

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