Tempest rising: a novel
(Book)
Author:
Published:
New York : William Morrow, c1998.
Physical Desc:
280 pages ; 25 cm.
Accelerated Reader:
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 16
Status:
Central
FICTION McKinney-Whetstone, D.
Description
Set in west Philadelphia in the early sixties, Tempest Rising tells the story of three sisters, Bliss, Victoria, and Shern, budding adolescents raised in a world of financial privilege among the upper-black-class. But their lives quickly unravel as their father's lucrative catering business collapses. He disappears and is presumed dead, and their mother suffers an apparent breakdown. The girls are wrenched from their mother, and as the novel opens they are living in foster care in a working-class neighborhood in the home of Mae, a politically connected card shark. Though Mae is filled with syrupy names like "pudding" and "doll face" for the foster girls, she is abusive to her own child, Ramona, a twenty-something stunning beauty. As Ramona struggles with Mae's abuse and her own hatred for the foster children, she also tries to keep at bay a powerful attraction she has for her boyfriend's father. Diane McKinney-Whetstone richly evokes the early 1960s in west Philadelphia in this spicy story of loss and healing, redemption and love.
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Format:
Book
Edition:
1st ed.
Language:
English
ISBN:
0688149944 (alk. paper) :
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 6.6, 16 Points
Level 6.6, 16 Points
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APA Citation (style guide)
McKinney-Whetstone, D. (1998). Tempest rising: a novel. New York, William Morrow.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)McKinney-Whetstone, Diane. 1998. Tempest Rising: A Novel. New York, William Morrow.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)McKinney-Whetstone, Diane, Tempest Rising: A Novel. New York, William Morrow, 1998.
MLA Citation (style guide)McKinney-Whetstone, Diane. Tempest Rising: A Novel. New York, William Morrow, 1998.
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