Betsy Brown

In 1957--the year in which school integration stirred both Blacks and whites--in St. Louis, thirteen-year-old Betsey Brown encounters the awkwardness, responsibilities, and the elusive promise of romance of adolescence.

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"A lyrical coming-of-age novel . . . about a teenaged black girl who endures the trials of school integration." --"The New York Times"<br><br>"Ntozake Shange has recreated a humorous, charming, and heartbreaking vision of St. Louis and the Brown family that will delight young and old. She can conjure, as if by magic . . . [This book] is like an enchanting melody." --"St. Louis Post-Dispatch"<br><br>"Miss Shange is a superb storyteller who keeps her eye on what brings her characters together rather than what separates them: courage and love, innocence and the loss of it, home and homelessness. [She] understands backyards, houses schools, and churches. Betsey Brown rejoices in--but never sentimentalizes--those places on earth where you are accepted, where you are comfortable with yourself . . . [This novel] creates a place that is both new and familiar, where both black and white readers will feel at home. The characters are so finely drawn they can be recognized by their speech alone. Readers of Miss Shange's poetry already know that she has an extraordinary ear for the spoken word." --"The New York Times Book Review"<br><br>"A beautiful, beautiful piece of writing." --"Houston Post"<br><br>"Exuberantly engaging." --"Los Angeles Times"<br>

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