Robin Stokes

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Robin Stokes is one of the four central women in Terry McMillan’s novel and its film adaptation "Waiting to Exhale," known for navigating love, career, and friendship in 1990s Phoenix.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
film character
literary character
adaptedFor film
appearsIn Waiting to Exhale
surface form: Waiting to Exhale (film)

Waiting to Exhale
surface form: Waiting to Exhale (novel)
basedOnWork Waiting to Exhale
surface form: Waiting to Exhale (novel)
countryOfResidence United States NERFINISHED
creator Terry McMillan
ethnicity African-American
fictionalUniverse Waiting to Exhale
surface form: Waiting to Exhale universe
gender female
genreOfWork African-American women’s fiction
romantic drama
hasFriend Bernadine Harris
Gloria Matthews NERFINISHED
Savannah Jackson
languageOfWork English
memberOf core group of four women in Waiting to Exhale
narrativeRole central character
protagonist
occupation professional woman
residence Phoenix
surface form: Phoenix, Arizona
setting Phoenix, Arizona in the 1990s
strugglesWith balancing career and personal life
finding lasting romantic love
themeInvolvement career and independence
female friendship
romantic relationships
timePeriod 1990s

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Savannah Jackson closeFriendOf Robin Stokes
Bernadine Harris friendOf Robin Stokes
subject surface form: Getting to Happy
Waiting to Exhale mainCharacter Robin Stokes