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Synopsis
After thirty years in Europe building her reputation as one of her generation's finest actresses and redefining her role as an African-American diva, Josephine Evans is forced to return to the U.S., where she is forced to build a new life, and gets her chance when she takes on an unscrupulous land developer threatening to destroy her Atlanta community. 50,000 first printing.
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Praise for Pearl Cleage's Baby Brother's Blues
"An irresistible story filled with fun, sexy, interesting characters . . . [Cleage is] at the top of her form."
-Essence
"Exciting, fast-moving . . . reads like an African American, Southern version of Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City . . . The stories intersect, spawning misunderstandings, deceptions, betrayals, broken promises and double crosses. It's all great fun."
-The Washington Post
"All these lives and stories overlap and collide with seamless efficiency in Cleage's fluid, poetic prose."
-Chicago Sun-Times
"Thought-provoking and powerful . . . an intricate tale of politics, blackmail, and murder . . . Cleage proves that she has mastered the art of the written word."
-Urban Reviews
"Cleage's descriptions are lively, her dialogue snappy, and the problems she describes are urgent and timely."
-Deseret Morning News
"The reader is engrossed to the end."
-Booklist
"From the Hardcover edition."
Praise for Pearl Cleage's Baby Brother's Blues
"An irresistible story filled with fun, sexy, interesting characters . . . [Cleage is] at the top of her form."
-Essence
"Exciting, fast-moving . . . reads like an African American, Southern version of Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City . . . The stories intersect, spawning misunderstandings, deceptions, betrayals, broken promises and double crosses. It's all great fun."
-The Washington Post
"All these lives and stories overlap and collide with seamless efficiency in Cleage's fluid, poetic prose."
-Chicago Sun-Times
"Thought-provoking and powerful . . . an intricate tale of politics, blackmail, and murder . . . Cleage proves that she has mastered the art of the written word."
-Urban Reviews
"Cleage's descriptions are lively, her dialogue snappy, and the problems she describes are urgent and timely."
-Deseret Morning News
"The reader is engrossed to the end."
-Booklist
"From the Hardcover edition."
Praise for Pearl Cleage s Baby Brother s Blues
An irresistible story filled with fun, sexy, interesting characters . . . [Cleage is] at the top of her form.
Essence
Exciting, fast-moving . . . reads like an African American, Southern version of Armistead Maupin s Tales of the City . . . The stories intersect, spawning misunderstandings, deceptions, betrayals, broken promises and double crosses. It s all great fun.
The Washington Post
All these lives and stories overlap and collide with seamless efficiency in Cleage s fluid, poetic prose.
Chicago Sun-Times
Thought-provoking and powerful . . . an intricate tale of politics, blackmail, and murder . . . Cleage proves that she has mastered the art of the written word.
Urban Reviews
Cleage s descriptions are lively, her dialogue snappy, and the problems she describes are urgent and timely.
Deseret Morning News
The reader is engrossed to the end.
Booklist
From the Hardcover edition."
Praise for Pearl Cleage's Baby Brother's Blues
-Essence "Exciting, fast-moving . . . reads like an African American, Southern version of Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City . . . The stories intersect, spawning misunderstandings, deceptions, betrayals, broken promises and double crosses. It's all great fun."
-The Washington Post "All these lives and stories overlap and collide with seamless efficiency in Cleage's fluid, poetic prose."
-Chicago Sun-Times "Thought-provoking and powerful . . . an intricate tale of politics, blackmail, and murder . . . Cleage proves that she has mastered the art of the written word."
-Urban Reviews "Cleage's descriptions are lively, her dialogue snappy, and the problems she describes are urgent and timely."
-Deseret Morning News "The reader is engrossed to the end."
-Booklist From the Hardcover edition.
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; Babylon Sisters, for which she was named the 2006 Go On Girl! Book Club Author of the Year; and Baby Brother’s Blues, winner of the 2006 NAACP Image Award and the African American Literary Award for fiction. She is 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. She is also an accomplished dramatist whose plays include Flyin’ West and Blues for an Alabama Sky. Cleage lives in Atlanta with her husband, Zaron W. Burnett, Jr.
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- PublisherOne World
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0345481127
- ISBN 13 9780345481122
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages296
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