Baby Brother's Blues - Hardcover

Cleage, Pearl

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0345481100 ISBN 13: 9780345481108

Publisher: Ballantine Books, 2006

Synopsis

Married to Blue Hamilton, a former R&B singer who gave up his career to establish a safe urban oasis amid the violence and crime of Atlanta's West End, Regina Burns becomes worried when terrified women seeking refuge from abuse show up to seek Blue's protection from their lovers, followed by the disappearances of the worst offenders. 40,000 first printing.

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Review:

Praise for Pearl Cleage and Babylon Sisters

"Pearl Cleage's wonderful new novel, Babylon Sisters, shows a writer at the top of her game, managing to weave together the eternal dance of mothers and daughters, a timeless love story, rich friendships, and international politics into a fast-paced Atlanta saga with an unforgettable villain and a thrilling climax that leaves us cheering. Cleage has once again given us a book filled with folks who are so real we think we know them, or wish we did."
-E. Lynn Harris, author of A Love of My Own

"Babylon Sisters' funny, feminine, fabulous voice sings a story of history, family, love and redemption. Cleage's ability to make the personal political and the political personal triumphs once again! Nestled in this beautifully written ode to love-of child, friends, men, and self-is a call to political activism and empowerment."
-Jill Nelson, author of Sexual Healing

"Cleage writes with amazing grace and [a] killer instinct."
-The New York Times

"A perfect blend of love and activism . . . [Cleage's] characters struggle with issues of conscience and consequence, and readers are always richer in the end."
-The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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About the Author:

Pearl Cleage is the author of What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day . . . , an Oprah’s Book Club selection; Some Things I Never Thought I’d Do, a Good Morning America Read This! book club pick; and Babylon Sisters. She is also the author of two works of nonfiction: Mad at Miles: A Black Woman’s Guide to Truth and Deals with the Devil and Other Reasons to Riot; as well as the poem We Speak Your Names. Also an accomplished dramatist, her plays include Flyin’ West and Blues for an Alabama Sky. Cleage lives in Atlanta with her husband, Zaron W. Burnett Jr.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0345481100
• ISBN 13: 9780345481108
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288