Award-winning writer Ntozake Shange and real-life sister,
award-winning playwright Ifa Bayeza achieve nothing less than a
modern classic in this epic story of the Mayfield family.
Opening dramatically at Sweet Tamarind, a rice and cotton
plantation on an island off South Carolina's coast, we watch
as recently emancipated Bette Mayfield says her goodbyes
before fleeing for the mainland. With her granddaughter, Eudora, in
tow, she heads to Charleston. There, they carve out lives for
themselves as fortune-teller and seamstress. Dora will marry, the
Mayfield line will grow, and we will follow them on an journey
through the watershed events of America's troubled, vibrant
history—from Reconstruction to both World Wars, from the Harlem
Renaissance to Vietnam and the modern day. Shange and Bayeza give
us a monumental story of a family and of America, of songs and why
we have to sing them, of home and of heartbreak, of the past and of
the future, bright and blazing ahead.
General
| Imprint: |
St. Martins Press-3pl
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
October 2011 |
| First published: |
October 2011 |
| Authors: |
Ntozake Shange
|
| Dimensions: |
214 x 140 x 35mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
568 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-312-55271-8 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
| LSN: |
0-312-55271-8 |
| Barcode: |
9780312552718 |
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