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Brown Girl, Brownstones
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The Beloved Novel About A New York City Girlhood That Heralded A Renaissance In Black WomenS Literature, With A New Foreword By Nicole DennisBenn, The Bestselling Author Of Patsy And Here Comes The Sunone Of The New York Times MagazineS 25 Most Significant New York City Novels From The Last 100 Yearsa Penguin Classicselina Boyce Comes Of Age In 1940S New York As The Daughter Of Two Immigrants From Barbados: A FreeSpirited Father She Adores And Who Dreams Of Returning To His Caribbean Island Home, And A Disciplined, Hardworking Mother She Admires And Who Is Determined To Purchase Their Brooklyn Brownstone. When Her Father Comes Into An Unexpected Inheritance, Selina Is Torn Between His Nostalgia For The Past And Her MotherS Ambition For The Future, All While Negotiating Racism, Sexuality, DepressionEra Poverty, And The Competing Values Of African Americans And Her West Indian Immigrant Community.First Published In 1959, Brown Girl, Brownstones Opened A Window Into The Rich Inner Life Of Black Women And Today Ranks With A Tree Grows In Brooklyn As One Of The Great New York City Novels. With Her Autobiographical Debut, Paule Marshall Paved The Way For Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Audre Lorde, June Jordan, And Maya AngelouAnd Took Her Place In The American Literary Canon.Penguin Classics Is The Leading Publisher Of Classic Literature In The EnglishSpeaking World, Representing A Global Bookshelf Of The Best Works Throughout History And Across Genres And Disciplines. Readers Trust The Series To Provide Authoritative Texts Enhanced By Introductions And Notes By Distinguished Scholars And Contemporary Authors, As Well As UpToDate Translations By AwardWinning Translators.
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