NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • After a sudden change of plans, a remarkable woman and her loyal group of friends try to figure out what she’s going to do with the rest of her life—from Terry McMillan, the bestselling author of How Stella Got Her Groove Back and Waiting to Exhale NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY MARIE CLAIRE AND GOOD HOUSEKEEPING • “Poignant, funny and full of life, this is a balm for troubled times.”—People Loretha Curry’s life is full. A little crowded sometimes, but full indeed. On the eve of her sixty-eighth birthday, she has a booming beauty-supply empire, a gaggle of lifelong friends, and a husband whose moves still surprise. True, she’s carrying a few more pounds than she should be, but Loretha is not one of those women who think her best days are behind her—and she’s determined to prove wrong her mother, her twin sister, and everyone else with that outdated view of aging wrong. It’s not all downhill from here. But when an unexpected loss turns her world upside down, Loretha will have to summon all her strength, resourcefulness, and determination to keep on thriving, pursue joy, heal old wounds, and chart new paths. With a little help from her friends, of course.
Terry McMillan Reihenfolge der Bücher
Terry McMillan ist eine gefeierte Autorin, die für ihre fesselnden Darstellungen starker weiblicher Protagonistinnen bekannt ist. Ihre Erzählungen tauchen tief in die komplexen Dynamiken von Familienbeziehungen und die entscheidende Bedeutung des Vertrauens in das eigene Urteilsvermögen ein, wobei sie eine intime Perspektive auf die Lasten und Segnungen des Lebens bietet. McMillans Werk spricht Leser durch seine aufschlussreiche Auseinandersetzung mit dem Leben von Frauen und ihren Reisen an.







- 2020
- 2016
I Almost Forgot about You
- 355 Seiten
- 13 Lesestunden
When Dr. Georgia Young decides to make some major changes in her life by quitting her job and moving, she finds herself on a journey that may include a second chance at love.
- 2014
Trinetta drops off her two young boys with her mother, Betty Jean - and then pulls a disappearing act. BJ is a sassy, pull-no-punches, trademark McMillan matriarch, and she already has her hands full picking up the slack for her other kids, coaching her best friend Tammy through her own tribulations and dealing with two feuding sisters, all while holding down a job as a hotel maid. Who Asked You? raises questions about how we care for one another and how we set limits for those we love when the demands are too great.
- 2011
Getting to Happy
- 479 Seiten
- 17 Lesestunden
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 15 years later. Each is at her own midlife crossroads. They've exhaled: now they are learning to breathe. Available in a tall Premium Edition.
- 2005
The Interruption of Everything
- 480 Seiten
- 17 Lesestunden
Marilyn Grimes is a wife, a mother, a sister, and a daughter. Today, she’s decided to make changes in her life, to do something different. Today, Marilyn Grimes has finally decided to be herself. First, she has to find out who that is.
- 2002
Viola Price's family is crazy. Not bad crazy, but every day crazy. Kids that don't do what they are told, marriages coming apart, sibling rivalry, career ambition, alcohol. So although her four beautiful babies are grown up with kids of their own, it seems to her that a mothers guidance is what they need to sort them out. Though she's determined to give it a try, Viola's got her work cut out for her. They just seem to end up a day too late and a dollar short. Still, she's sure they'll get there in the end. Won't they?
- 2000
Eine erfolgreiche Karrierefrau und alleinerziehende Mutter eines zwölfjährigen (manchmal ein bisschen altklugen Sohnes) pfeift auf ihre Pflichten und gönnt sich einen Trip nach Jamaica. Dort lernt sie einen äußerst appetitlichen jungen Mann kennen, zu dem sie sich stark hingezogen fühlt. Einziges Problem: er ist zwanzig Jahre jünger...geplagt von Zweifeln über seine Absichten und der Kritik der Schwestern ist sie sich nicht sicher, wie sich diese Affäre weiter entwickeln soll. Bis sie alles auf eine Karte setzt und sich nocheinmal auf den Weg macht.
- 1996
Männer sind die halbe Miete
- 380 Seiten
- 14 Lesestunden




