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Baby Brother's Blues |
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Pearl Cleage ISBN: 0345481100
Format: Hardcover, 288pp
Pub. Date: February 2006
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
List Price: $24.95
BBP Price: $17.99 Save 28% |
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When Regina Burns married Blue Hamilton, she knew he was no ordinary man. A
charismatic R&B singer who gave up his career to assume responsibility for the
safety of Atlanta's West End community, Blue had created an African American
urban oasis where crime and violence were virtually nonexistent. In the
beginning, Regina enjoyed a circle of engaging friends and her own work as a
freelance communications consultant. Most of all, she relished the company of
her husband, who never ceased to be a source of passion and delight.
Then everything changed. More and more frightened women were showing up in West
End, seeking Blue's protection from lovers who had suddenly become violent.
When the worst offenders begin to disappear without a trace, the signs-all of
them grim-seem to point toward Blue and his longtime associate, Joseph
"General" Richardson. Now that Regina is pregnant, her fear for Blue's safety
has become an obsession that threatens the very heart of their relationship.
At the same time, Regina's friend Aretha Hargrove is desperately trying to
redefine her own marriage. Aretha's husband, Kwame, is lobbying for them to
leave West End and move to midtown. Aretha resists at first, but finally agrees
in an effort to rekindle the flame that first brought them together.
Regina and Aretha have no way of knowing that what they regard as their private
struggles will soon become very public. When Baby Brother, a charming con man,
insinuates himself into the community, it becomes clear that there is more to
his handsome façade than meets the eye. He carries the seeds of change that
will affect both women in profound and startling ways.
Returning to the vividly rendered Atlanta district of her last two novels, New
York Times bestselling author Pearl Cleage brilliantly weaves the threads of
her characters' intersecting lives into a story of family, friendship and, of
course, love. Baby Brother's Blues is full of wit and warmth, illumination the
core of every woman's hopes and dreams. |
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"The purpose of my writing, often, is to express the point where racism and
sexism meet." An accomplished playwright, journalist, poet, and novelist, Pearl
Cleage probes issues of race, sex, and love in a growing body of literary work
while she reveals poignant truths about brave black women.
Born on December 7, 1948 in Springfield, Massachusetts, Pearl Michelle Cleage
grew up in Detroit, Michigan. Her father was a prominent minister who ran for
governor of Michigan in 1962 on the Freedom Ticket; her mother was an
elementary school teacher.
Since the early 1980s, Cleage has drawn national attention with her dramatic
works, which include Flyin' West, an extraordinary play about pioneer black
women at the turn of the century, and Blues for an Alabama Sky. Her first novel
What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day, was an Oprah's Book Club selection, a
New York Times bestseller, and a BCALA Literary Award winner. She is also the
author of I Wish I Had a Red Dress, Mad at Miles, and Deals with the Devil. A
contributing editor to Essence magazine, Pearl Cleage frequently performs her
work on college campuses. She lives in Atlanta with her husband, Zaron W.
Burnett, Jr.
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