{"product_id":"brown-girl-brownstones","title":"Brown Girl, Brownstones","description":"\u003cb\u003eA collectible hardcover edition of the beloved novel about a New York City girlhood that heralded a renaissance in Black women's literature, with a new foreword by Nicole Dennis-Benn, the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003ePatsy \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHere Comes the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine'\u003c\/i\u003es 25 Most Significant New York City Novels from the Last 100 Years \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Penguin Vitae Edition \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSelina Boyce comes of age in 1940s New York as the daughter of two immigrants from Barbados: a free-spirited father she adores and who dreams of returning to his Caribbean island home, and a disciplined, hardworking mother she admires and who is determined to purchase their Brooklyn brownstone. When her father comes into an unexpected inheritance, Selina is torn between his nostalgia for the past and her mother's ambition for the future, all while negotiating racism, sexuality, Depression-era poverty, and the competing values of African Americans and her West Indian immigrant community. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFirst published in 1959, \u003ci\u003eBrown Girl, Brownstones \u003c\/i\u003eopened a window into the rich inner life of Black women and today ranks with \u003ci\u003eA Tree Grows in Brooklyn \u003c\/i\u003eas one of the great New York City novels. With her autobiographical debut, Paule Marshall paved the way for Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Audre Lorde, June Jordan, and Maya Angelou--and took her place in the American literary canon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePenguin Vitae--loosely translated as \"Penguin of one's life\"--is a deluxe hardcover series from Penguin Classics celebrating a dynamic and diverse landscape of classic fiction and nonfiction from seventy-five years of classics publishing. Penguin Vitae provides readers with beautifully designed classics that have shaped the course of their lives, and welcomes new readers to discover these literary gifts of personal inspiration, intellectual engagement, and creative originality.","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45994939056301,"sku":"9780143139201","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/6954\/9997\/files\/752B3393-14AD-4AD3-ACAA-14D35903BAE2.jpg?v=1780516875","url":"https:\/\/thirdspacereadingroom.com\/products\/brown-girl-brownstones","provider":"ThirdSpace Reading Room","version":"1.0","type":"link"}