Book Review
Coming back after their fifteen year hiatus, Terry McMillan’s womanly quartet come back as strong as ever. Known as the sequel to McMillan’s best seller Waiting to Exhale, this titillating novel, Getting to Happy, once again exposes the rainbow of sadness these four women have to once again go through.
Now that they are entering their 50’s, the new prospect of getting older has burdened them. However, the main cause of their stresses has remained the same-- men. The once fiery Robin has decided to step back into the dating game after her fifteen year old daughter signs her up to three dating sites. Fed up of her ten year marriage, Savannah confronts her husband with a plea for divorce after finding out he has an addiction to porn. Bernadine is still miserable six years after her second divorce from a conniving polygamist and Gloria must now contend with getting her life back in order after the sudden passing of her husband, Marvin.
This novel was filled with drama and never ceased to dim down the shock factor. Known for her strong characterization with female protagonists, McMillan included a selection of feminist problems that can be related across the racial board. Shedding light on the troubles middle-aged women, like her, have to go through; McMillan is a standing figure in why this novel was filled with the drama of these four popular female characters.
Following the publication of Getting to Happy, Terry McMillan had her second appearance on the Oprah Winfrey Show, September 27th, 2010, where she revisited her tragic media-swollen divorce from ex-husband Jonathan Plummer. Stating on the show “my private life became a public circus,” McMillan admitted that this sequel to Waiting to Exhale was inspired by her break up with Jonathan. Though tragic as the book may seem, McMillan balances these stresses with the burst of laughter her readers will experience while entranced in its page-turning plot.
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