In these fifteen superb stories, this essential author of African American fiction gives us compelling portraits of a wide range of unforgettable characters, from sassy children to cunning old men, in scenes shifting between uptown New York and rural North Carolina.
Sha.
And there is more.
A neighborhood loan shark teaches a white social worker a lesson in responsibility.
A widow flirts with an elderly blind man against the wishes of her grown-up children.
A young girl suffers her first betrayal.
In these fifteen superb stories, this essential author of African American fiction gives us compelling portraits of a wide range of unforgettable characters, from sassy children to cunning old men, in scenes shifting between uptown New York and rural North Carolina
