...a powerful portrayal of seven black women living in a bleak inner-city neighborhood. Author Gloria Naylor reveals the cruelty of their lives without sacrificing their strengths and their hearts.

A beautiful, important book. Good writing like this has the power to change the world by opening hearts to truth. Well worth reading!

Chronicles the lives of several women living on Brewster Place--how then ended up there and the forging of friendships among them. You won't forget this book!

Gloria Naylor has a beautiful gift with words. This is a must read for every American woman.

A modern classic of women's lives, making meaning out of degradation and pain.

Been a while since I've read this, but I recall it as a well-written, poignant look into the lives of women brought together by the street on which they live. Reminded me of Amy Tan, just a bit.

A NOVEL IN SEVEN STORIES
"Naylor creates a completely believable, and very frightening, world of degradation, violence, and human, very human, courage and sturdiness."--Chicago Sun-Times

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Great book - shows struggles and hopes of American Black women.

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