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  <title><![CDATA[Waiting to Exhale]]></title>
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  <default_description>From the #1 &lt;i&gt;New York Times&lt;/i&gt; bestselling author comes the contemporary classic of women, triumph, revenge, and comradeship in a special new trade edition. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; McMillan's tale of four thirty-something women supporting each other through thick and thin-and through the frustrating search for a good man-has already sold millions. Now even more can experience this smash hit in a beautiful new trade edition.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1992</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Waiting to Exhale</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Terry McMillan]]></name>
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    <name><![CDATA[Linda]]></name>
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      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[those in between relationships]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Nov 24 23:20:35 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Nov 24 23:26:46 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I started and finished this book on Thanksgiving day 2007. (My parents work Holidays so festivities were bleak) I think I'm going through a breakup? Dude completely stopped calling. Great book to read if you want to speed up the recovery. Reminds you some men are just pansies and you're lucky if you...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9505017">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="47403898">
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    <name><![CDATA[Amber (ajones1)]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Altadena, CA]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Feb 24 13:41:29 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Feb 27 10:03:45 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Would really like to give this 3.5 stars, but it's not quite 4-star material for me. <br/><br/>I didn't really know what to expect from this book as my copy didn't have a description on the back cover and I couldn't remember anything about the story from when the movie came out years ago. However,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47403898">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47403898]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="4257769">
    <user id="239204">
    <name><![CDATA[Linda]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Oakland, CA]]></location>        
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      <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>3</votes>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1992</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Aug 08 08:45:35 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Aug 08 08:47:29 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This is a case where I actually thought the movie was better than the book. The scene where Angela Bassett's character torches her philandering husband's vehicle with all his worldly goods inside was worth the price of admission.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4257769]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="42145453">
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    <name><![CDATA[Nardsbaby]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Wed Apr 02 00:00:00 -0800 2003</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jan 06 15:55:17 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jan 07 16:04:38 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[<strong>What a real friendship is about</strong><br/><br/>Terry McMillan has been my favorite author since forever! I read her books before it became the thing to do. I am not a fan of any of the movies, I feel as though they took away from the authenticity that made the books classics. <br/><br/>In WAITING TO E...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42145453">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42145453]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="7773560">
    <user id="419399">
    <name><![CDATA[Roberto]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[East Elmhurst, NY]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
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  <read_at>Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Oct 15 19:15:47 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Oct 15 19:18:06 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[420 pages<br/><br/>I enjoyed this story of four black woman that struggle and prevail over life, careers, men and love.<br/>Wonderfully written and you will fall in love with the protagonists.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7773560]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="16274113">
    <user id="726836">
    <name><![CDATA[Tracey L.H.]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/726836-tracey-l-h]]></url>
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      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[anyone who wants to feel a Black woman's pain]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Feb 24 16:33:38 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Feb 24 17:03:10 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I read this book in high school and I was disgusted! Then in African American Lit class for my junior year, we watched the movie, and I still hated it!<br/><br/>But it wasn't until I went to college that the book and its' leading ladies reverberated with my soul and outlook on men, life, and love!...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16274113">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16274113]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="15680026">
    <user id="72257">
    <name><![CDATA[Maya]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[New York, NY]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>true</spoiler_flag>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[David M--it's a book full of strong black women]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Mom had it, although I don't know if that counts as a rec.]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Feb 18 05:37:59 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Feb 18 06:09:37 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[The three stars are solely for the page-turning quality of this book.  Four points of view, sometimes in third person, sometimes in first.  Basically this book is about black women unlucky in love.  At first I thought the message was friendship is the only thing worth having but I must say even thei...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15680026">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15680026]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="37582222">
    <user id="428240">
    <name><![CDATA[Autumn]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[New York, NY]]></location>        
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      <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Girls who love talking about boys]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Mother]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Aug 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Nov 12 20:22:17 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Nov 12 20:30:10 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count>1</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This book is definitely a girls read.  For all the girls who love to talk about relationships with boys, it's for you!  This book, is really a collection of anecdotes from a group of best friends who sit around and discuss the best and worse of the relationships with men.  These groups of women are ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37582222">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37582222]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="38735565">
    <user id="1519823">
    <name><![CDATA[Bunny]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Slidell, LA]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Nov 26 21:04:10 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jan 06 01:50:48 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Maaaaan. I was right, I set myself up for disappointment, because I liked the movie so much.<br/><br/>If I hadn't seen the movie, I think I would've liked this book a whole hell of a lot better. It takes the women in the book a lot longer to show how strong they really are than it does in the movi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38735565">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38735565]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="51726585">
    <user id="2181564">
    <name><![CDATA[Lisa]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Hyattsville, MD]]></location>        
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      <rating>1</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
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  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Apr 06 14:42:01 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Apr 06 14:43:37 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[The problem that I had with this book is that I had no respect for the characters.  They were all a little too pathetic in their own way, and they weren't very smart.  It was hard to sympathize with them when they had such a huge hand in creating their own bad situations.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51726585]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="42801157">
    <user id="1898218">
    <name><![CDATA[Biosyd]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Peachtree City, GA]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Jan 27 00:00:00 -0800 1993</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jan 12 11:47:11 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jan 12 12:00:26 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This book came out right after I got married. Having been single for what felt like an eternity, I was quite interested in this book. The movie was good and I'll still watch it when it pops up on TV, but the book is far..far better. ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42801157]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="66068469">
    <user id="1828267">
    <name><![CDATA[Peter]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Toronto, Canada]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1828267-peter]]></url>
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      <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun May 24 00:00:00 -0700 1992</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Aug 03 17:42:16 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Aug 03 17:43:48 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[not normally my cup of tea and it wasn't truly this time. This is a &quot;sex and the city&quot; style book of 30 something women navigating the perils of day to day life. So why did I read it? Sheer curiosity..I need to see what the fuss was about.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66068469]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="40039602">
    <user id="1640256">
    <name><![CDATA[Katie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Richmond, VA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1640256-katie]]></url>
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      <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Dec 13 17:45:43 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Dec 13 17:45:43 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I read this years ago - as a white woman it was interesting and insightful and reinforced my belief that we are all the same - trying to make it through the day without killing the men in our lives!!]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40039602]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="65834362">
    <user id="552196">
    <name><![CDATA[Jen]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Las Vegas, NV]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/552196-jen]]></url>
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      <rating>1</rating>
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  <read_at>Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Aug 01 21:56:57 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Aug 01 21:59:22 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Waste of time and totally vulgar.  I also loved the equation of members of the Mormon church to members of the KKK.  I stopped reading but wish I'd never started.  Who recommended this one??]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65834362]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="11673758">
    <user id="579064">
    <name><![CDATA[Sarah]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Madison, WI]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jan 04 18:59:02 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jan 04 18:59:02 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The story moved really fast and I loved the author's voice. However, the book had a lot of negatives for me. The characters were difficult to distinguish - it was like reading about the four different facets of one woman, rather than four friends. The plot was lacking - they met guys, they lost guys...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11673758">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11673758]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="46175658">
    <user id="1739904">
    <name><![CDATA[Dawn]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1739904-dawn-grace-jones]]></url>
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1992</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Feb 12 14:12:09 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Feb 12 14:14:46 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Searching for the opportunity to release and relax in the comfort of a relationship. Finding that friendship can mend a broken heart, sustain and encourage.  ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46175658]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="38225912">
    <user id="1733120">
    <name><![CDATA[Prtwin2001]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Nov 20 09:46:32 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Nov 20 09:47:53 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I remember reading this out loud w/ my sisters at home while we were in High School and loved it!! The movie does no justice to it.  Great book]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38225912]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="77658591">
    <user id="2404072">
    <name><![CDATA[Tom]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Hendersonville, NC]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2404072-tom]]></url>
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
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    <body><![CDATA[McMillan's tale of four thirty-something women supporting each other through thick and thin-and through the frustrating search for a good man.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Movies don't make good books. This book was so vividly written, did not give Terri her propers.<br/>No disrespect to Mr. Whitaker]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I thought this book was going to be a great story but I couldn't get past the first 10 pages because of the language. ]]></body>
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