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Set in a colorfully painted but crumbling housing project near a Buffalo, New York, steel mill, this "novel full of wisdom, grace and poetry" (Newsday) traces two decades in the lives of the project's residents. At the heart of this collective portrait is the Taylor family: Sam, Mary Kate, and their five children. For the Taylors and their neighbors, this is a time of tremendous optimism. The oldest boy, Mikey, shows special promise at school. Sam eats alongside his white coworkers at the local diner after his shift in the mill's inferno. The door to the white world seems to be opening. But time fades optimism: the steel industry falters, men lose their jobs. Mikey learns to distrust hope. The miracle of this heartbreaking story is its warmth in the face of tragic disappointment. All-Bright Court illuminates the dignity, faith, and humor that enable people to endure a world bound by devastating reality.
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"A seamless story of disparate but parallel lives."
"Magical . . . exquisite detail, accurate dialogue." -- Terry McMillan
"Porter has mapped a rich fictional world . . . This is a powerful and affecting debut," The New York Times
"Magical . . . exquisite detail, accurate dialogue." -- Terry McMillan
"A seamless story of disparate but parallel lives." The Chicago Tribune
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"Magical . . . exquisite detail, accurate dialogue." -- Terry McMillan
"Porter has mapped a rich fictional world . . . This is a powerful and affecting debut," The New York Times
"Magical . . . exquisite detail, accurate dialogue." -- Terry McMillan
"A seamless story of disparate but parallel lives." The Chicago Tribune
Connie Porter is the author of All-Bright Court, Imani All Mine, and the Addy books in the Pleasant Company's American Girls series, which has sold more than 3 million copies. Porter was a fellow at Bread Loaf and was named a regional winner in Granta's Best Young American Novelist contest.
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- PublisherPerennial
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 0060974982
- ISBN 13 9780060974985
- BindingPaperback
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