Anna Jean Mayhew
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- Geschlecht
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- Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
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- Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
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This is my first time reading anything by this author. The book takes place in the 1960s in Charlotte, North Carolina. Specifically, in a neighborhood of Charlotte called Brooklyn. There is wealth and poverty in Brooklyn, like any other area. Brooklyn is a predominantly black neighborhood.
Loraylee Hawkins shares a home with her son, Hawk, her Uncle Ray and her grandmother, Bibi. Loraylee works at a cafeteria in Brooklyn and she is in love with the cafeteria's manager, Archibald Griffin, who is not only Hawk's father but a white man.
The city has plans to bulldoze her neighborhood and is sending out letters to residents giving them a timeframe to relocate. This means not just houses but also the churches and a cemetery are being demolished.
This is a well-written book and draws you in to the story of Loraylee and the other members of Brooklyn. You want them to succeed in finding a new place to live. You cry with them and you laugh with them.… (mehr)