All-Bright Court - Hardcover

Porter, Connie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 039553271X ISBN 13: 9780395532713

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1991

Synopsis

A compelling first novel covering two decades in the lives of the Taylor family and their neighbors in an African-American working class neighborhood in Buffalo, NY. In a clear, quiet but powerful prose, the author draws the gaudily painted, rundown bungalows of All-Bright Court and peoples it convincingly.

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Review:

"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

About the Author:

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. She currently lives in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 039553271X
• ISBN 13: 9780395532713
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1