Summer Reading: Terry McMillan on 'Getting to Happy'

Tuesday, September 07, 2010

All summer long we've been compiling a list of great summer reads. Now that Labor Day is behind us, we tack one more book onto the list: "Getting to Happy." It's the highly anticipated sequel to author Terry McMillan's Waiting to Exhale.

Terry McMillan says she's already working on the screenplay for a movie adaptation of the book. Over the years McMillan has built a reputation for writing stories that pay close attention the experience of middle class black women.

Did you read "Waiting to Exhale" when it was published in 1992?  Did it have any effect on your life?

Produced by:

Jen Poyant

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