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One of my favorite books of all times is Waiting to Exhale by Terry McMillan. It is one of the few books that was made into an equally awesome movie. I have watched it more times than I care to count. A week or so ago I was trolling the newly-built and breathtakingly awesome Fallbrook Library and found a sequal in the audiobook section. It is entitled Getting To Happy. You know I had to snatch it up and give it a listen.
I was a tiny bit apprehensive, as I didn't know what to expect. Well, it was wonderful.
Read by four different actresses, the main characters Savannah (the outspoken and smart tv producer), Gloria (the overweight, single-mom-finally-found-love salon owner), Bernice (the gourmet chef, mom, and divorced-because-her-man-cheated-on-her) and Robin (the shop-a-holic, promiscuous, impulsive and gullible insurance underwriter) were brilliantly portrayed. (The only voice my mind had a hard time accepting was Savannah's, who was played by Whitney Houston in the movie and the voice actress was a bit gruff and crass sounding.)
It is 15 years later. All the women are single, save for Gloria, who is still married to Marvin, the ideal man. Robin was pregnant when we last saw her. Now her daughter, Sparrow, is a precocious and creatively mismatched high schooler. Savannah is bored with her marriage to a carpenter and finds out some dirty secrets about him on his computer and decides to end it. Bernie has been two-timed again and is barely coping (with the aid of some pills). The girlfriends are as close as ever, even though they don't hang out as much as they used to.
This book made me laugh a lot and cry more than any other audiobook has. I will not ruin the storyline for anyone who is interested in getting caught up on the ladies and their drama-filled lives. But trust me. It's worth it. It's awesome. McMillan couldn't have done a better job if she had tried.
My thoughts went out to my own girlfriends. We call each other when we want to go out, when we need to vent, when we're bored, and just to check up on each other. We leave each other boxes of tissues and chocolates when we most need some extra love. I am blessed to have them in my lives. Here's to girlfriends! Thanks for listening.
I was a tiny bit apprehensive, as I didn't know what to expect. Well, it was wonderful.
It is 15 years later. All the women are single, save for Gloria, who is still married to Marvin, the ideal man. Robin was pregnant when we last saw her. Now her daughter, Sparrow, is a precocious and creatively mismatched high schooler. Savannah is bored with her marriage to a carpenter and finds out some dirty secrets about him on his computer and decides to end it. Bernie has been two-timed again and is barely coping (with the aid of some pills). The girlfriends are as close as ever, even though they don't hang out as much as they used to.
This book made me laugh a lot and cry more than any other audiobook has. I will not ruin the storyline for anyone who is interested in getting caught up on the ladies and their drama-filled lives. But trust me. It's worth it. It's awesome. McMillan couldn't have done a better job if she had tried.
My thoughts went out to my own girlfriends. We call each other when we want to go out, when we need to vent, when we're bored, and just to check up on each other. We leave each other boxes of tissues and chocolates when we most need some extra love. I am blessed to have them in my lives. Here's to girlfriends! Thanks for listening.
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