The Women of Brewster Place are hard-edged, soft-centered, brutally demanding, and easily pleased.
Adapted into a 1989 ABC miniseries starring Oprah Winfrey, The Women of Brewster Place is a touching and unforgettable read..
Naylor renders both loving and painful human experiences with simple eloquence and uncommon intuition.
Vulnerable and resilient, openhanded and openhearted, these Women forge their lives in a Place that in turn threatens and protects--a common prison and a shared home. -- The New York Times Book Review In her heralded first novel, Gloria Naylor weaves together the stories of seven Women living in Brewster Place, a bleak-inner city sanctuary, creating a powerful, moving portrait of the strengths, struggles, and hopes of black Women in America.
Miss Naylor bravely risks sentimentality and melodrama to write her compassion and outrage large, and she pulls it off triumphantly. . .
The National Book Award-winning novel--and contemporary classic--that launched the brilliant career of Gloria Naylor A] shrewd and lyrical portrayal of many of the realities of black life .
Now the basis for a November 1988, ABC-TV, three-hour movie, starring Oprah Winfrey.
In their stories, Gloria Naylor has created a community of Women that has touched thousands of readers across the country.
The Women of Brewster Place are hard-edged, soft-centered, brutally demanding, and easily pleased
