Another Brooklyn :
Author
Format:
Books
Physical Description
175 pages ; 21 cm
Edition
First Amistad paperback edition.
Production / Publication Information
New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2017.
Summary
"For August, running into a long-ago friend sets in motion resonant memories and transports her to a time and a place she thought she had mislaid: 1970s Brooklyn, where friendship was everything. August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi shared confidences as they ambled their neighborhood streets, a place where the girls believed that they were amazingly beautiful, brilliantly talented, with a future that belonged to them. But beneath the hopeful promise there was another Brooklyn, a dangerous place where grown men reached for innocent girls in dark hallways, where mothers disappeared, where fathers found religion, and where madness was a mere sunset away. Jacqueline Woodson's Another Brooklyn heartbreakingly illuminates the formative period when a child meets adulthood -- when precious innocence meets the all-too-real perils of growing up."--
Call Number
FIC WOODSON
Publication Date
2017
Language
English
ISBN
9780062359995
Another Brooklyn :
Author
Format:
Books
Physical Description
175 pages ; 22 cm
Edition
First edition.
Production / Publication Information
New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2016]
Summary
For August, running into a long-ago friend sets in motion resonant memories and transports her to a time and a place she thought she had mislaid: 1970s Brooklyn, where friendship was everything. August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi shared confidences as they ambled their neighborhood streets, a place where the girls believed that they were amazingly beautiful, brilliantly talented, with a future that belonged to them. But beneath the hopeful promise there was another Brooklyn, a dangerous place where grown men reached for innocent girls in dark hallways, where mothers disappeared, where fathers found religion, and where madness was a mere sunset away. Woodson heartbreakingly illuminates the formative period when a child meets adulthood -- when precious innocence meets the all-too-real perils of growing up. --
Call Number
FICTION WOODSON
Publication Date
2016
Language
English
ISBN
9780062359988
Another Brooklyn :
Author
Format:
Audio disc
Physical Description
3 audio discs (approximately 165 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Production / Publication Information
New York, NY : Harper Audio, [2016]
Summary
Running into a long-ago friend sets a memory from the 1970s in motion for August, transporting her to a time and a place where friendship was everything, until it wasn't. For August and her girls, sharing confidences as they ambled through neighborhood streets, Brooklyn was a place where they believed that they were beautiful, talented, and brilliant. But beneath the hopeful veneer, there was another Brooklyn, a dangerous place where grown men reached for innocent girls in dark hallways, where ghosts haunted the night, where mothers disappeared. A world where madness was just a sunset away and fathers found hope in religion.
Call Number
CD FICTION WOODSON
Publication Date
2016
Language
English
ISBN
9780062573759 9781504733588 9781504733571
Another Brooklyn
Author
Format:
Large print
Physical Description
1 volume (large print) ; 23 cm
Edition
Large print edition.
Production / Publication Information
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2016.
Summary
When August, an anthropologist who has studied the funeral traditions of different cultures, revisits her old neighborhood after her father's death, her reunion with a brother and a chance encounter with an old friend bring back a flood of childhood memories. Flashbacks depict the isolation she felt moving from rural Tennessee to New York and show how her later years were influenced by the black power movement, nearby street violence, her father's religious conversion, and her mother's haunting absence. August's memories of her Brooklyn companions--a tightly knit group of neighborhood girls--are memorable and profound. There's dancer Angela, who keeps her home life a carefully guarded secret; beautiful Gigi, who loses her innocence too young; and Sylvia, "diamonded over, brilliant, " whose strict father wants her to study law. With dreams as varied as their conflicts, the young women confront dangers lurking on the streets, discover first love, and pave paths that will eventually lead them in different directions.
Call Number
LP FIC WOODSON, J.
Publication Date
2016
Language
English
ISBN
9781410494603
Another Brooklyn
Author
Format:
Sound recording
Physical Description
1 audio media player (150 min.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Edition
Unabridged.
Production / Publication Information
Solon, Ohio : Findaway World, LLC, [2016]
Summary
Running into a long-ago friend sets a memory from the 1970s in motion for August, transporting her to a time and a place where friendship was everything, until it wasn't. For August and her girls, sharing confidences as they ambled through neighborhood streets, Brooklyn was a place where they believed that they were beautiful, talented, and brilliant. But beneath the hopeful veneer, there was another Brooklyn, a dangerous place where grown men reached for innocent girls in dark hallways, where ghosts haunted the night, where mothers disappeared. A world where madness was just a sunset away and fathers found hope in religion.
Call Number
PLA FIC WOO
Publication Date
2016
Language
English
ISBN
9781509413423
Another Brooklyn. MP3 :
Author
Format:
Audio disc
System details note
System requirements: CD/MP3 player or PC with MP3-capable software.
Physical Description
1 audio disc (approximately 2 hrs., 45 min.) : digital, MP3 ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition
Unabridged.
Production / Publication Information
[Ashland, Oregon] : HarperCollins, [2016]
Summary
The acclaimed New York Times bestselling and National Book Award-winning author of Brown Girl Dreaming delivers her first adult novel in twenty years.Running into a long-ago friend sets memory from the 1970s in motion for August, transporting her to a time and a place where friendship was everything--until it wasn't. For August and her girls, sharing confidences as they ambled through neighborhood streets, Brooklyn was a place where they believed that they were beautiful, talented, brilliant--a part of a future that belonged to them.But beneath the hopeful veneer, there was another Brooklyn, a dangerous place where grown men reached for innocent girls in dark hallways, where ghosts haunted the night, where mothers disappeared. A world where madness was just a sunset away and fathers found hope in religion. Like Louise Meriwether's Daddy Was a Number Runner and Dorothy Allison's Bastard Out of Carolina, Jacqueline Woodson's Another Brooklyn heartbreakingly illuminates the formative time when childhood gives way to adulthood--the promise and peril of growing up--and exquisitely renders a powerful, indelible, and fleeting friendship that united four young lives.
Call Number
AUDIO MP3 WOODSON
Publication Date
2016
Language
English
ISBN
9781504733595
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