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Akashic Books, Ltd
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
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The Bernice L. McFadden Collection features four novels from the three-time Hurston/Wright Legacy Award finalis
"McFadden works a kind of miracle—not only do her characters retain their appealing humanity; their story eclipses the bonds of history to offer continuous surprises." —New York Times, on Gathering of Waters"Riveting...so nicely avoids the sentimentality that...
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Publisher
Akashic Books, Ltd
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
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A long-awaited reissue of this deeply thoughtful novel about hope, forgiveness, and the cost of loving Donovan, a complex man with a shattered history
"Bernice L. McFadden was one of the best writers to emerge in the post–Waiting to Exhale explosion that introduced at least a dozen Black female novelists. Loving Donovan has generated near-cult status among readers. After more than a decade since it
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The Book of Harlan opens with the courtship of Harlan's parents and his 1917 birth in Macon, Georgia. After his prominent minister grandfather dies, Harlan and his parents move to Harlem, where he eventually becomes a professional musician. When Harlan and his best friend, trumpeter Lizard Robbins, are invited to perform at a popular cabaret in the Parisian enclave of Montmartre--affectionately referred to as "The Harlem of Paris" by black American...
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