This copy has been SIGNED by Terry McMillan on the title page and has been dated 5/3/92 in the year of publication! Here are the heroines of Terry McMillan's affecting new novel - four African-American women who lean on each other while "waiting to exhale," waiting for that man who will take their breath away. Through their complex friendships, the author gives her most honest and searing novel yet: a poignant and fiercely accurate portrait of modern female camaraderie.