Terry McMillan. Waiting to Exhale. New York: The Viking Press, 1992. First edition.  inscribed to Joseph Aaronetta by Terry McMillan.  Octavo. 368pp. Publisher's black quarter cloth over green paper boards, spine lettered in copper,  original unclipped dust jacket.  From The Dr. Joseph A. and Aaronetta Pierce Collection of African-American Literature and History.