Here is the compelling story of three black women who meet at a New England college in the late 1960s and form a friendship that will guide them through the changes, joys and tears of the coming years, as they each search for "A Woman's Place".: Doubleday.
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Here is the compelling story of three black women who meet at a New England college in the late 1960s and form a friendship that will guide them through the changes, joys and tears of the coming years, as they each search for "A Woman's Place".: Doubleday.
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First Edition [stated], presumed first printing
Publisher:
Doubleday Books
Published:
1986
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17269812623
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Very good in Very good jacket. 240 pages. Inscribed by the author on the fep. Inscription reads: To Virginia View with thanks for your support Marita Golden. Marita Golden (born April 28, 1950) is an American novelist, nonfiction writer, professor, and co-founder of the Hurston/Wright Foundation, a national organization that serves as a resource center for African-American writer. Marita Golden was born in Washington, D.C., in 1950 and attended the city's public schools. She received a B.A. degree in American Studies and English from American University and a M. SC. in Journalism from Columbia University. After graduating from Columbia, she worked in publishing and began a career as a freelance writer, writing feature articles for many magazines and newspapers including Essence Magazine, The New York Times, and The Washington Post. Golden's first book, Migrations of the Heart (1983), was a memoir based on her experiences coming of age during the 1960s and her political activism as well as her marriage to a Nigerian and her life in Nigeria, where she lived for four years. She has taught at many colleges and universities, including Emerson College, American University, George Mason University, and Virginia Commonwealth University. She holds the position of Writer in Residence at the University of the District of Columbia. She co-founded the Washington, D.C. -based African-American Writers Guild, as well as the Hurston/Wright Foundation, named in honor of Zora Neale Hurston and Richard Wright, which serves the national and international community of Black writers and administers the Hurston-Wright Legacy Award. This is the author's first novel, and second book. Three women meet at college in the late sixties, become friends, and face difficulties as each confronts the passions, dreams, and chaos of their generations. Derived from a Kirkus review: A first novel from Golden that charts the lives of three black women who first meet at an Ivy League college in the 60's. The story is told, in a revolving-door narration, mainly by Faith, Serena, and Crystal, all of whom meet at Winthrop University in Boston: Faith is the shy scholarship girl from New York, Crystal's a budding poet, and Serena is a free spirit from Detroit. Since at Winthrop there are only 38 black faces in a sea of white, the three soon become close friends, despite their differences. Faith becomes pregnant (after a one-night stand, her first) and the old gang begins to change; Faith loses the baby, then joins the Black Muslims and eventually marries 47-year-old Rasheed; Crystal continues to write poetry which is at best mediocre but becomes a success anyway and has a dynamic relationship with a white film-director named Neil; Serena, always the adventurous one, severs her ties by going back to her roots, traveling through Africa working as a teacher and observing the reality of revolution and black rule. They all keep in touch, best friends to the end. At the close, Rasheed has had a stoke and Faith is nursing him back to health; Crystal has wangled a grant to write a cycle of poems on women's heroes, and Serena is still serenely on the road.
