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The Women of Brewster Place

By Gloria Naylor

By Gloria Naylor

By Gloria Naylor

By Gloria Naylor

By Gloria Naylor
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By Gloria Naylor
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Category: Fiction

Category: Literary Fiction

Category: Fiction | Audiobooks

Paperback $16.00

Jun 30, 1983 | 208 Pages

Ebook $5.99

Jun 28, 2005 | 208 Pages

Audiobook Download $9.00

Sep 17, 2008 | 188 Minutes

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    About The Women of Brewster Place

    The National Book Award-winning novel—and contemporary classic—that launched the brilliant career of Gloria Naylor
     
    “[A] shrewd and lyrical portrayal of many of the realities of black life . . . Miss Naylor bravely risks sentimentality and melodrama to write her compassion and outrage large, and she pulls it off triumphantly.” —The New York Times Book Review

    In her heralded first novel, Gloria Naylor weaves together the stories of seven women living in Brewster Place, a bleak-inner city sanctuary, creating a powerful, moving portrait of the strengths, struggles, and hopes of black women in America. Vulnerable and resilient, openhanded and openhearted, these women forge their lives in a place that in turn threatens and protects—a common prison and a shared home. Naylor renders both loving and painful human experiences with simple eloquence and uncommon intuition. Adapted into a 1989 ABC miniseries starring Oprah Winfrey, The Women of Brewster Place is a touching and unforgettable read.

    About The Women of Brewster Place

    The National Book Award-winning novel—and contemporary classic—that launched the brilliant career of Gloria Naylor
     
    “[A] shrewd and lyrical portrayal of many of the realities of black life . . . Miss Naylor bravely risks sentimentality and melodrama to write her compassion and outrage large, and she pulls it off triumphantly.” —The New York Times Book Review

    In her heralded first novel, Gloria Naylor weaves together the stories of seven women living in Brewster Place, a bleak-inner city sanctuary, creating a powerful, moving portrait of the strengths, struggles, and hopes of black women in America. Vulnerable and resilient, openhanded and openhearted, these women forge their lives in a place that in turn threatens and protects—a common prison and a shared home. Naylor renders both loving and painful human experiences with simple eloquence and uncommon intuition. Adapted into a 1989 ABC miniseries starring Oprah Winfrey, The Women of Brewster Place is a touching and unforgettable read.

    About The Women of Brewster Place

    The National Book Award-winning novel—and contemporary classic—that launched the brilliant career of Gloria Naylor
     
    “[A] shrewd and lyrical portrayal of many of the realities of black life . . . Miss Naylor bravely risks sentimentality and melodrama to write her compassion and outrage large, and she pulls it off triumphantly.” —The New York Times Book Review

    In her heralded first novel, Gloria Naylor weaves together the stories of seven women living in Brewster Place, a bleak-inner city sanctuary, creating a powerful, moving portrait of the strengths, struggles, and hopes of black women in America. Vulnerable and resilient, openhanded and openhearted, these women forge their lives in a place that in turn threatens and protects—a common prison and a shared home. Naylor renders both loving and painful human experiences with simple eloquence and uncommon intuition. Adapted into a 1989 ABC miniseries starring Oprah Winfrey, The Women of Brewster Place is a touching and unforgettable read.

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    About Gloria Naylor

    Gloria Naylor was born in New York City in 1950. She received her B.A. in English from Brooklyn College and her M.A. in Afro-American studies from Yale. Her books include The Women of Brewster Place, which won both the American Book Award… More about Gloria Naylor

    About Gloria Naylor

    Gloria Naylor was born in New York City in 1950. She received her B.A. in English from Brooklyn College and her M.A. in Afro-American studies from Yale. Her books include The Women of Brewster Place, which won both the American Book Award… More about Gloria Naylor

    About Gloria Naylor

    Gloria Naylor was born in New York City in 1950. She received her B.A. in English from Brooklyn College and her M.A. in Afro-American studies from Yale. Her books include The Women of Brewster Place, which won both the American Book Award… More about Gloria Naylor

    Product Details

    Category: Fiction

    Paperback | $16.00
    Published by Penguin Books
    Jun 30, 1983 | 208 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780140066906

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $5.99
    Published by Penguin Books
    Jun 28, 2005 | 208 Pages | ISBN 9781101656174

    Category: Fiction | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $9.00
    Published by Penguin Audio
    Sep 17, 2008 | 188 Minutes | ISBN 9781598877243

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    Praise

    “The most refreshing voice in the black idiom since readers first discovered Toni Morrison.”
    —Claude Brown, author of Manchild in the Promised Land

    “Naylor creates a completely believable, and very frightening, world of degradation, violence and human—very human—courage and sturdiness.” 
    —Chicago Sun-Times

    “Vibrating with undisguised emotion, The Women of Brewster Place springs from the same roots that produces the blues. Like them, [Naylor’s] book sings of sorrow proudly borne by black women in America.”
    —The Washington Post

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    National Book Award WINNER

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