Tomorrow's Bread Contributor(s): Mayhew, Anna Jean (Author) |
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ISBN: 0758254105 ISBN-13: 9780758254108 Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: March 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | African American - Historical - Fiction | Southern - Fiction | Literary |
Dewey: 813.6 |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" L (0.70 lbs) 304 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Topical - Family - Cultural Region - South |
Features: Maps, Price on Product |
Review Citations: Booklist 03/15/2019 pg. 44 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: From the author of the acclaimed The Dry Grass of August comes a richly researched yet lyrical Southern-set novel that explores the conflicts of gentrification--a moving story of loss, love, and resilience. In 1961 Charlotte, North Carolina, the predominantly black neighborhood of Brooklyn is a bustling city within a city. Self-contained and vibrant, it has its own restaurants, schools, theaters, churches, and night clubs. There are shotgun shacks and poverty, along with well-maintained houses like the one Loraylee Hawkins shares with her young son, Hawk, her Uncle Ray, and her grandmother, Bibi. Loraylee's love for Archibald Griffin, Hawk's white father and manager of the cafeteria where she works, must be kept secret in the segregated South. Loraylee has heard rumors that the city plans to bulldoze her neighborhood, claiming it's dilapidated and dangerous. The government promises to provide new housing and relocate businesses. But locals like Pastor Ebenezer Polk, who's facing the demolition of his church, know the value of Brooklyn does not lie in bricks and mortar. Generations have lived, loved, and died here, supporting and strengthening each other. Yet street by street, longtime residents are being forced out. And Loraylee, searching for a way to keep her family together, will form new alliances--and find an unexpected path that may yet lead her home. |
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