Singing in the Comeback Choir - Hardcover

Campbell, Bebe Moore

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0399142983 ISBN 13: 9780399142987

Publisher: Penguin, 1998

Synopsis

Forgiveness is the key to the recovery of the soul. It is this lesson that the characters in Bebe Moore Campbell's poignant new novel must learn. Life is good for Maxine McCoy. She is the executive producer of a popular talk show, married to a man she loves, and pregnant with their child. But her security is shattered when a call from the caretaker of her seventy-six-year-old grandmother, who reared the orphaned Maxine, summons her back to the old neighborhood she'd rather forget. Once a brilliant singing star, Maxine's grandmother, Lindy, has become a smoking, drinking, embittered woman whose glorious voice has atrophied from disuse. The aspiring community Maxine grew up in is now a blighted, crime-infested area, its residents resigned to living narrow lives of fear and despair. Maxine is determined to move her grandmother away from the hopelessness around her, but Lindy is prepared to fight for her independence. When an opportunity arises for Lindy to sing again, both she and Maxine understand that Lindy and her neighborhood are worthy of restoration.

About this title

About the Author:

Bebe Moore Campbell is a commentator for National Public Radio and a contributing editor for Essence magazine.

Synopsis:

A successful producer tries to revitalize the ghetto of her youth.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0399142983
• ISBN 13: 9780399142987
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 374