The stories of seven Black women living in an urban ghetto evoke the energy, brutality, compassion, and desolation of modern Black America
And the city council knew that was the fate for most of the people on Brewster Place — thanks to Moreland T. Woods . Clifford Jackson , or Abshu , as he preferred to be known in the streets , had committed ...
Explores the lives and fates of seven men, from Basil Michael, who marries a women he does not love for the sake of her children, to Eugene Turner, torn between his homosexuality and his beloved wife
Gale, Cengage Learning ... Dismayed to learn that there were very few books written by black women about black women, ... northern integrated schools had deprived her of learning about the long tradition of black history and literature.
The stories of seven Black women living in an urban ghetto evoke the energy, brutality, compassion, and desolation of modern Black America.
The Women of Brewster Place: A Novel in Seven Stories
The National Book Award–winning author of The Women of Brewster Place explores the secrets of an affluent black community.
The stories of seven Black women living in an urban ghetto evoke the energy, brutality, compassion, and desolation of modern Black America.
In this novel, National Book Award–winning author Gloria Naylor’s expertly crafted characters experience a journey full of beauty and heartbreak.
Hailed as Gloria Naylor’s “richest and most complex” novel, it is the kind of book that stays with you long after the final page (Providence Journal).
Selected from the Women of Brewster Place