Tumbling Contributor(s): McKinney-Whetstone, Diane (Author) |
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ISBN: 0061792128 ISBN-13: 9780061792120 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $14.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Family Life - Marriage & Divorce |
Dewey: FIC |
Series: P.S. |
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.3" W x 8" (0.75 lbs) 368 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Chronological Period - 1950's - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Demographic Orientation - Urban - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - Pennsylvania |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 14835 Reading Level: 6.2 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 21.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: "Warm and intimate. . . . An accomplished novel, with sharply drawn characters, exuberant prose, plenty of period detail and a wise, forgiving outlook on family life." -- Los Angeles Times Book Review Tumbling is the beloved bestselling debut novel that launched the luminous career of Diane McKinney Whetstone, critically acclaimed author of Tempest Rising, Blues Dancing, Leaving Cecil Street, and Trading Dreams at Midnight. Writing in a style as accessible as Terry McMillan, yet with the literary touches of Toni Morrison, McKinney Whetstone's Tumbling is a poignant, exquisitely rendered story of the ties that bind us and the secrets that keep us apart. Noon and Herbie are deeply in love and living in a tightly knit African American neighborhood in South Philadelphia during the 1940s. But their marriage remains unconsummated because of a horrible incident in Noon's past, so each seeks comfort elsewhere: Noon in the warm acceptance of the neighborhood church; Herbie in the arms of Ethel, a jazz singer. Then one day an infant girl is left on their doorstep, and later Ethel blesses them with her five-year-old niece. Suddenly and unexpectedly a family, Herbie, Noon, and their two girls draw closer--until an outside threat reawakens a fire in Noon, causing her to rise up and fight to hold her family and her community together. |
Contributor Bio(s): McKinney-Whetstone, Diane: - The author of the critically acclaimed novels Tumbling, Tempest Rising, Blues Dancing, Leaving Cecil Street, and Trading Dreams at Midnight, Diane McKinney-Whetstone is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Black Caucus of the American Library Association's Literary Award for Fiction, which she won twice. She lives in Philadelphia with her husband. For more on Diane McKinney-Whetstone please visit www.mckinney-whetstone.com or follow her on Twitter @Dianemckwh. |