A Short Walk by Alice Childress
A Short Walk is a sweeping epic novel, which captures the movement of black Americans from the rural south to the urban north. Cora James, born to a black woman who has had a love affair with a white man, grows up poor in South Carolina, marries an abusive--albeit, wealthy--preacher, and escapes from him by going north to Harlem. There she earns money dealing cards and performing in a number of traveling vaudeville shows. She survives the Great Depression, and experiences life as a wife, mother, lover, actress, and independent businesswoman. Torn between befriending Filipino and white neighbors, and the view of the Black Nationalist Marcus Garvey movement, Cora survives divisive politics and learns that since Life is just a short walk from the cradle to the grave. it sure behooves us to be kind to one another along the way.Alice Childress (1920-1994), an actor, director, and playwright, was born in Charleston, South Carolina, and raised in Harlem. Trouble in Mind, her play, was nominated for an Obie Award for best original off-Broadway production. A Hero Ain't Nothing But a Sandwich, her controversial young adult novel, was published to national critical acclaim in 1973.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781558615328 |
| ISBN 10 | 1558615326 |
| Title | A Short Walk |
| Author | Alice Childress |
| Series | Classic Feminist Writers |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Feminist Press |
| Year published | 2006-12-01 |
| Number of pages | 358 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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