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Terry McMillan

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in Port Huron, Michigan, The United States

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Terry McMillan is an African-American author. Her interest in books comes from working at a library when she was fourteen. She received her BA in journalism in 1986 from the University of California at Berkeley and the MFA Film Program at Columbia University. Her work is characterized by strong female protagonists.

Her first book, Mama, was self-promoted. She achieved national attention in 1992 with her third novel, Waiting to Exhale, which remained on The New York Times bestseller list for many months. Forest Whitaker turned it into a film in 1995. In 1998, another of McMillan's novels, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, was made into a movie. McMillan's novel Disappearing Acts was subsequently produced as a direct-to-cable feature.

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Average rating: 3.98 · 101,882 ratings · 7,510 reviews · 47 distinct works • Similar authors

	Waiting to Exhale (Waiting to Exhale, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 18,275 ratings — published 1992 — 91 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Disappearing Acts 4.22 avg rating — 15,154 ratings — published 1989	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mama 4.22 avg rating — 10,345 ratings — published 1987 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Almost Forgot About You 3.75 avg rating — 10,665 ratings — published 2016 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How Stella Got Her Groove Back 3.79 avg rating — 10,297 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Day Late and a Dollar Short 4.11 avg rating — 8,961 ratings — published 2000 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	It's Not All Downhill from Here 3.85 avg rating — 8,094 ratings — published 2020 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Who Asked You? 4.03 avg rating — 7,395 ratings — published 2013 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Getting to Happy (Waiting to Exhale, #2) 3.65 avg rating — 6,212 ratings — published 2010 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Interruption of Everything 3.79 avg rating — 4,511 ratings — published 2003 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Poll for May, which selection would you like to read? The poll will remain open until April 25th. This should give us enough time to purchase/borrow the book in order to start reading on May 1. Please remember to only vote if you plan on participating.

How Stella Got Her Groove Back by Terry McMillan

18 votes, 24.7%

The Best of Simple Stories (American Century) by Langston Hughes

The Best of Simple: Stories by Langston Hughes

16 votes, 21.9%

Belle and the Beau by Beverly Jenkins

11 votes, 15.1%

Five Smooth Stones by Ann Fairbairn

10 votes, 13.7%

The Bride Price by Buchi Emecheta

9 votes, 12.3%

Hideaway (Hideaway Legacy, #1) by Rochelle Alers

Hideaway by Rochelle Alers

4 votes, 5.5%

Five Smooth Stones (write-in)

4 votes, 5.5%

The Best of Simple (write-in)

1 vote, 1.4%

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message 1: by Carla

Mar 21, 2014 09:17PM

Terry McMillan, I love your work. I'm a native San Franciscan and have seen/met you once or twice over the years. Keep on creating beautiful things with the pen!
You say what so many people might be thinking but can't put it to pen the way that you do! #Blessed

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