Women of Brewster Place (Naylor)

The Women of Brewster Place 
Gloria Naylor, 1982
Penguin Publishing
192 pp.
ISBN-13: 9780140066906


Summary
Winner, 1983 National Book Award-First Novel

In her heralded first novel, Gloria Naylor weaves together the stories of seven women living in Brewster Place, a bleak-inner city sanctuary, creative a powerful, moving portrait of the strengths, struggles, and hopes of black women in America.

Vulnerable and resilient, openhanded and openhearted, these women forge their lives in a place that in turn threatens and protects—a common prison and a shared home.

Adapted into a 1989 ABC miniseries starring Oprah Winfrey, The Women of Brewster Place is a contemporary classic—and a touching and unforgettable read. (From the publisher.)