First edition (publ. Viking Press)
Getting to Happy
AuthorTerry McMillan
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
PublisherViking
Publication date
September 7, 2010
Pages373
ISBN978-0670022045
Preceded byWaiting to Exhale 

Getting to Happy is the sequel to Waiting to Exhale by author Terry McMillan.[1][2] The novel follows the lives of four African-American friends in Phoenix, Arizona in 2005. McMillan decided to write the sequel after her divorce from Jonathan Plummer, the inspiration for How Stella Got Her Groove Back. The book was released in 2010.

Background

This book was written to help guide older women who experience loss and unhappiness, forcing them to hit the reset button on their lives. [3] The characters from “Waiting to Exhale” were used as inspiration for this book due to how their stories ended. McMillan was able to incorporate each characters hurts, joys, and dreams to “capture the emotional reality” for herself and readers. [4]

Plot summary

The novel picks up 15 years after Waiting to Exhale ends. Savannah has since married but decides to divorce her husband and be single again at the age of 51. Bernadine is on much better terms with her first ex-husband John than with her second ex-husband James, who turned out to be a con artist. She also suffers from an addiction to prescription pills. Gloria deals with the heart-breaking death of her husband Marvin and the marital problems of her now grown son Tarik. Robin realizes that, at 50, she has yet to accomplish one of the goals of her life: to wear a wedding dress. She keeps trying on men like shoes until she finds one that fits, and in the meantime is busy raising her now teenaged daughter Sparrow.

References

  1. ↑ "Getting To Happy: The Sequel to Waiting To Exhale". TerryMcMillan.com. Archived from the original on 11 May 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "EXCERPT: 'Getting to Happy' By Terry McMillan". ABC News. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  3. ↑ "'Waiting to Exhale' gets a sequel". EW.com. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  4. ↑ "Getting to Happy by Terry McMillan: 9780451233349 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
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