# The Women of Brewster Place: A Novel in Seven Stories - Hardcover

by **Gloria Naylor** (Author), **Tayari Jones** (Foreword by)

**The National Book Award-winning novel--and contemporary classic--that launched the brilliant career of Gloria Naylor, now with a foreword by Tayari Jones**

**"\[A\] shrewd and lyrical portrayal of many of the realities of black life . . . Naylor bravely risks sentimentality and melodrama to write her compassion and outrage large, and she pulls it off triumphantly." --_The New York Times Book Review_**

**"Brims with inventiveness--and relevance." **\--NPR's _Fresh Air_****

In her heralded first novel, Gloria Naylor weaves together the stories of seven women living in Brewster Place, a bleak-inner city sanctuary, creating a powerful, moving portrait of the strengths, struggles, and hopes of black women in America. Vulnerable and resilient, openhanded and openhearted, these women forge their lives in a place that in turn threatens and protects--a common prison and a shared home. Naylor renders both loving and painful human experiences with simple eloquence and uncommon intuition in this touching and unforgettable read.

### Author Biography

**Gloria Naylor** (1950-2016) grew up in New York City. She received her BA in English from Brooklyn College and her MA in Afro-American Studies from Yale University. Her first novel, _The Women of Brewster Place_, won the National Book Award for first fiction in 1983. She is also the author of _Linden Hills_, _Mama Day_, _Bailey's Cafe_, and _The Men of Brewster Place_.

**Tayari Jones** (foreword) is the _New York Times_ bestselling author of _An American Marriage_, which was an Oprah's Book Club Selection and a favorite of Barack Obama, as well as _Silver Sparrow_, _The Untelling_, and _Leaving Atlanta_. She is a professor-at-large at Cornell University and a professor of creative writing at Emory University.

**Number of Pages:** 208

**Dimensions:** 0.7 x 8 x 5.3 IN

**Publication Date:** May 11, 2021

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** Women of Brewster Place

**Interest Level:** Upper Grades, 9-12

**Reading Level:** 6.4

**Point Value:** 10

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