About the Author:
Joyce Carol Thomas is the award-winning author of more than fifty books for adults, teens and children. She is the author ofMarked by Fire,National Book Award Winner;Bright Shadow, a Coretta Scott King Honor book;Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea, a Coretta Scott King Honor book; andI Have Heard of a Land,winner of the 1999 IRA Teacher's Choice Award. Her HBFC titles includeLinda Brown, You Are Not Alone: Brown v. Board of Education;Hush Songs: African-American Lullabies; andJoy. Joyce lives in Berkeley, California.
Review:
"A lyrical celebration of black womanhood tempered by both pain and joy." -- Booklist, Starred Review
"Concerns human strength and frailty. It is a book about girls and women and the men in their lives. It tells of the best and worst time experienced by a small black community during a 20-year period...Well worth reading." -- Alice Childress, The New York Times
"I believe this to be an important first novel. Joyce Carol Thomas's characters enact the verities of human life: romance, apprehension, loss, and hope, and they perform on the author's real life stage." -- Maya Angelou
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