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A Harlem Wedding: A Novel
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From The Unexpected Diva Author Tiffany WarrenA Dishy And Dramatic Novel Of The Harlem Renaissance And Its Most Famous Black Debutante, Yolande Du Bois, Daughter Of W.E.B. Du Bois, Whose Spectacular Wedding To Poet Countee Cullen Was The Society Event Of The Year...Even Though The Bride And Groom Were NotSoSecretly In Love With Other People.A Century Ago, HarlemS Glittering Social Scene Had A Single Princess: Yolande Du Bois, The Only Child Of N.A.A.C.P. Icon W.E.B. Du Bois. Yolande Was Bold, Vivacious, And Beloved Of Every Gossip Columnist. A True DaddyS Girl, Yolande Followed Her FatherS Advice On Everything: From Where She Went To College (FiskPapaS Alma Mater) To Which Sorority She Joined (Delta Sigma Theta). But In Matters Of The Heart, Yolande And Her Father Did Not Agree. Dr. Du Bois Himself Curated A String Of Handsome Suitors From The Talented Tenth For Her, But YolandeS True Love Was Jazz Musician Jimmie Lunceford, Son Of A WorkingClass Family From FarOff Denver, Colorado. Their Romance Was An Open Secret, And More Than A Little Scandalous.Despite It All, Yolande Wound Up Marrying Her FatherS Choice: Famed Poet Countee Cullen. Their Lavish Uptown Wedding Was The Hottest Social Ticket Of 1928. With Three Thousand Attendees, Sixteen Bridesmaids, And Langston Hughes As A Groomsman, It Was Truly A Sight To Behold.But, Immediately After The Wedding, YolandeS Carefully Constructed Fairy Tale Begins To Crumble. Torn Between The Expectations Of Her Father And Society And Her HeartS True Desire, Yolande Is Forced To Decide Whether She Must Leave Harlem To Create A More Authentic Life On Her Own Terms.A Harlem Wedding Is A Heady Read About Love, Notoriety, Black Excellence, Deception, And The Trs Chic Lifestyles Of The Black Elite, From Speakeasies Of Harlem And The Green Fields Of Fisk University, All The Way To Le Grand Duc In Paris.
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