The Women of Brewster Place: A Novel in Seven Stories
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The Women of Brewster Place: A Novel in Seven Stories

Gloria Naylor
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The women of Brewster Place are "hard-edged, soft-centered, brutally demanding, and easily pleased". In their stories, Gloria Naylor has created a community of women that has touched thousands of readers across the country. Now the basis for a November 1988, ABC-TV, three-hour movie, starring Oprah Winfrey. Alternate Cover Edition of ISBN #014006690X
Genres: FictionShort StoriesClassicsHistorical FictionAfrican AmericanLiterary FictionContemporaryBook ClubWomensLiterature
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