The Resource Another Brooklyn, by Jacqueline Woodson
Another Brooklyn, by Jacqueline Woodson
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- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 243 pages (large print)
- Isbn
- 9781410494603
- Label
- Another Brooklyn
- Title
- Another Brooklyn
- Statement of responsibility
- by Jacqueline Woodson
- Subject
-
- trueLiterary fiction
- Large type books
- trueLoss (Psychology)
- trueMemories
- New York (State) -- New York | Brooklyn
- trueNew York City
- trueRace relations
- trueSexual violence
- trueViolence in men
- true1970s -- 1970 -- 1979
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueAfrican American families
- trueAfrican American fiction
- trueAfrican American girls
- African American women
- African American women -- Fiction
- trueAfrican Americans -- Identity
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction
- trueBrooklyn, New York City
- trueCity life
- trueComing-of-age stories
- trueFamily relationships
- Female friendship
- trueFemale friendship
- Female friendship -- Fiction
- Fiction
- trueFirst person narratives
- trueGrowing up
- trueIdentity (Psychology)
- Large type books
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Summary
- August is 35 the year she returns to Brooklyn to bury her father, and a chance encounter with a friend in her old neighborhood prompts a flood of memories from her youth. Having moved to Brooklyn at eight, August's coming of age was marked by a search for belonging, close friendships, freedom, and the little-understood absence of her mother. Her memories explore what it was like to be an African-American girl (and teen) in the 1970s, what possibilities existed -- and what challenges. This tale of friendship, love, and loss cuts back and forth through time. -- Description by Shauna Griffin
- Award
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- BCALA Literary Award for Fiction, 2017.
- Booklist Editors' Choice: Adult Books for Young Adults, 2016.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2016
- School Library Journal Best Books: Best Adult Books 4 Teens, 2016
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10494582
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Woodson, Jacqueline
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3573.O64524
- LC item number
- A85 2016
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- Thorndike Press large print African-American
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- African American women
- Female friendship
- Large type books
- African American women
- Female friendship
- Large type books
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- New York (State)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Another Brooklyn, by Jacqueline Woodson
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 20843420
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 243 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781410494603
- Lccn
- 2016036707
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn956502076
- (OCoLC)956502076
- Label
- Another Brooklyn, by Jacqueline Woodson
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 20843420
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 243 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781410494603
- Lccn
- 2016036707
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn956502076
- (OCoLC)956502076
Subject
- trueLiterary fiction
- Large type books
- trueLoss (Psychology)
- trueMemories
- New York (State) -- New York | Brooklyn
- trueNew York City
- trueRace relations
- trueSexual violence
- trueViolence in men
- true1970s -- 1970 -- 1979
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueAfrican American families
- trueAfrican American fiction
- trueAfrican American girls
- African American women
- African American women -- Fiction
- trueAfrican Americans -- Identity
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction
- trueBrooklyn, New York City
- trueCity life
- trueComing-of-age stories
- trueFamily relationships
- Female friendship
- trueFemale friendship
- Female friendship -- Fiction
- Fiction
- trueFirst person narratives
- trueGrowing up
- trueIdentity (Psychology)
- Large type books
Genre
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueFirst person narratives
- trueLiterary fiction
- Fiction
- trueComing-of-age stories
- trueAfrican American fiction
Member of
Included in
- trueRecommended by Jessica Lin
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 2016
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Best Fiction Books: 2016
- trueSchool Library Journal's Adult Books 4 Teens: 2016
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Adult Fiction for Young Adults: 2016
- trueBCALA Literary Award: Fiction Category
- trueAfrican American Fiction
- trueAudiofile Presents: LGBTQIA Collection
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