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<p><p>"a Novel Of Impressive Artistry And Power." The Washington Post Caught In The Web Of History, Generations Of An African-american Family Play Out Their Parts On A World Stage That Constantly Changes, Protected Always By The Love Of One Another, Which Never Will.</p><h3>publishers Weekly</h3><p>in Intense, Luminous Prose, Golden ( A Woman's Place ) Deftly Blends The Experiences Of One Black Family Into The Tapestry Of 20th-century Black History In America. Having Grown Up Up In Poverty As The Daughter Of A North Carolina Sharecropper, Naomi Reeves Moves To Washington, D.c., In 1926; There She Begins A More Promising Life And Eventually Acquires A Boarding House. Spunky, Intuitive And Proud, Naomi Weds A Teacher Who Cares Deeply About Black Advancement And, Following His Death, Rears Their Daughter, Esther. After Dropping Out Of College, Esther Becomes Involved With A Married Man And Bears His Child. She Later Works For Civil Rights In The Strife-torn South. Esther's Older Son, Logan, Reflects Her Hard-won Pride And Courage; Nathaniel, Her Other Boy, Turns To Drug Dealing. Naomi's Words Are Charged With The Determination, Vigor And Stoicism That Fueled The Struggle For
- Author
- Golden, Marita
- Publisher
- Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic
- Published
- 2006
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780385521994
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