Filled with unforgettable characters and teeming with warmth, humor and deep affection, this book is an intimate portrait of a close-knit southern black community and a way of life that is poised at an irreversible moment of change. Parker's first novel is an insightful look at an often discounted and misunderstood African-American community--the middle class.
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This story of a middle-class black community in North Carolina, and the local banker who struggles to hold it together, is the author's first novel.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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This first novel is set in Durham, North Carolina, on the eve of integration. Sirus McDougald is a family man, bank president, and pillar of a small, middle-class black community. When he loses his beloved daughter, he is forced to come to terms with several uncomfortable aspects of his life: the deterioration of his marriage, the uneasy coexistence of the black and white communities in Durham, and changes in several longtime friendships. Besieged by grief and self-doubt, Sirus must somehow find the strength to protect his close-knit community from opportunistic white investors. In this hauntingly beautiful portrayal of love and loss, Parker brings to life a community in all its vivid multiplicity of detail. The tale is peopled by exquisitely drawn characters. Highly recommended.
- Cynthia Johnson, Cary Memorial Lib., Lexington, Mass.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
- Cynthia Johnson, Cary Memorial Lib., Lexington, Mass.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Compelling and emotional,
By Barb Mechalke (in the lovely Finger Lakes Region of Upstate New York) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: These Same Long Bones (Mass Market Paperback)
This is a compelling and emotional story. I thought it was very well written. The characters are very realistic the dialogue was very believable. Gwendolyn Parker is wonderful at describing the intimate relationship between Sirus and Aileen, the parents of Mattie the little girl who dies. And she does an equally good job describing their grief. I really enjoyed this novel and found it absorbing while I was reading it. My only criticism is that the ending seemed hurried and not as well told as the rest of the story.
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