The Good Negress
Sign in to keep track of books you’ve read and want to read.
Harold D. Vursell Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters. The year is 1963 and young Denise Palms has rejoined her family in Detroit where she must work to make a place for herself and prepare for the arrival of her mother's new baby. The baby will mean the end of Denise's afterschool lessons with a stern teacher who insists that Denise learn to speak "proper" English to make herself heard. Verdelle's intuition and ear allow her to dramatize precise moments of Denise's self-recognition and, in the process, offer an inside look at a maturing intelligence. THE GOOD NEGRESS marks the arrival of an original voice in contemporary fiction. "Truly extraordinary."—Toni Morrison. A QUALITY PAPERBACK BOOK CLUB selection.
Liked The Good Negress? Here’s where I’d start.
These suit anyone who liked The Good Negress. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.
-
Camilla's Roses Shares fiction, African American, african american fiction -
In Search of Satisfaction Shares African American, lemonade syllabus, fiction -
If Sons, Then Heirs Shares fiction, African American, historical fiction -
They Tell Me of a Home Shares fiction, African American, african american fiction
