Betsey Brown: A Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.66 (984 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0312541236 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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Louis and the Brown family that will delight young and old. She has made Betsey Brown live. The energy, good humor, imagination and joie de vivre make this novella refreshing exception to most contemporary fiction.” Philip Lopate“Ntozake Shange's writings compose one long, continuous song: by part blues medley, swaying gospel melody, plaintive torch ballad.” Washington Times. After you've read Betsey Brown to yourself, you can read it aloud to a friend.” The New York Times Book Review“It's the truth Betsey Brown is a beautiful, beautiful piece of writing.” Houston Post“Shange has re-created a humorous, charming, and heartbreaking vision of St. She is a w
Her works includes Some Sing, Some Cry, the Obie Award-winning for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf, Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo and Liliane. NTOZAKE SHANGE is a renowned playwright, poet, and novelist. . Among her honors and awards are fellowships from the Guggenheim Found
Seamlessly woven into this masterful portrait of an extended family is the story of Betsey's adolescence, the rush of first romance, and the sobering responsibilities of approaching adulthood.. Set in St. Praised as "exuberantly engaging" by the Los Angeles Times and a "beautiful, beautiful piece of writing" by the Houston Post, acclaimed artist Ntozake Shange brings to life the story of a young girl's awakening amidst her country's seismic growing pains. Louis in 1957, the year of the Little Rock Nine, Shange's story reveals the prismatic effect of racism on an American child and her family
It is a good book that gives you the perspective of a teenager Ana Atanasio It is a good book that gives you the perspective of a teenager who just want to fit in. Sadly, during those horrible times of discrimination.. Is it class or race? Sarah G. Partridge For anyone who has read Cypress, Sassafrass and Indigo by Shange, this book will seem mediocre in comparison. On the other hand, what it is is an excellent social document depicting the experiences of an African-American family in St. Louis of the 1950's. It describes the pressure that the combat of racism puts on a family---Betsey Brown runs away at the age of 12 because she is being bused to a school full of "crackers." Betsey doesn't want to have to do everything for the "race"-she just wants to be a comfortable 12 year old girl with her neighborhood friends.Other ten. Writing at it's best Betsey Brown is a coming of age story set in 1957 St. Louis. Betsey has to come to terms with being of the first to integrate a white school, but Shange does not give us the same-ol'-same-ol' blues about how bad it is. Betsey is an individual and the experience has its ups and downs. What is very interesting is her home life and the issues many black girls face. Her mother is lighter skinned with relaxed hair. Her maternal grandmother, also light skinned, is color struck. Her father is very black and not too well-liked by the grandmother though he is a good provider. Bet