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“Fifteen
years after Waiting to Exhale, McMillan brings back Savannah, Gloria, Bernadine, and Robin now in
their 50s for a disappointing and uninspired outing. As the story opens, Gloria
is very happy, Savannah
believes she might be happy, Bernadine is fighting addiction and losing ground,
and single mother Robin is trying to resign herself to being alone while things
at her job begin to unravel. Within the first few chapters, Gloria and Savannah are struck by
disaster, and things go rapidly downhill from there for everyone. Most of the
misery has to do with men who lie, steal, cheat, or disappear, or with adult
children who face similar problems. Unfortunately, the beloved cast isn't given
a story worthy of them; instead, this reunion reads like a catalogue of
personal catastrophes annotated with very long, rambling discussions, with more
emphasis on simple drama than character."
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