Brothers and Sisters
10 best books like Brothers and Sisters (Bebe Moore Campbell): For colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf, Disappearing Acts, The Wedding, Big Girls Don't Cry, Tryin' to Sleep in the Bed You Made, Tumbling, The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography, Ugly Ways, Between Lovers, The Hand I Fan With
For colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
| Author | Ntozake Shange |
| ISBN | 0684843269 |
A revolutionary, award-winning play by a lauded playwright and poet about the experiences of women of color.
From its inception in California in 1974 to its highly acclaimed critical success at Joseph Papp's Public Theater and on Broadway, the Obie Award-winning for colored girls who have...
| Author | Terry McMillan |
| ISBN | 0451209133 |
He was tall, dark as bittersweet chocolate, and impossibly gorgeous, with a woman-melting smile. She was pretty and independent, petite and not too skinny, just his type. Franklin Swift was a sometimes-employed construction worker, and a not-quite-divorced daddy of two. Zora Banks was a teacher,...
| Author | Dorothy West |
| ISBN | 0385471440 |
An Oprah Winfrey Presents Mini-Series on ABC Network Television Starring Halle Berry
In her last novel, Dorothy West, an iconic member of the Harlem Renaissance, offers an intimate glimpse into African American middle class. Set on bucolic Martha's Vineyard in the 1950s, The Wedding tells...
| Author | Connie Briscoe |
| ISBN | 0060172770 |
Growing up in a loving and supportive middle-class family in Washington, DC, in the '60s, Naomi Jefferson worries about what to wear, her bra size and meeting boys, and she has dreams of one day opening her own clothing store. While she knows racism is a problem (occasional brushes with the uglier side...
Tryin' to Sleep in the Bed You Made
| Author | Virginia DeBerry |
| ISBN | 0312963130 |
From the time they were young, Gayle and Patricia were raised like sisters, as close as two friends could be. But they each had dreams that would take them far away - and far away from each other. Gayle was the beauty who believed that a man could make her world complete. Patricia was the intellectual who...
| Author | Diane McKinney-Whetstone |
| ISBN | 0684837242 |
Diane McKinney-Whetstone's lyrical first novel, Tumbling, vividly captures a tightly knit African-American neighborhood in South Philadelphia during the forties and fifties. Its central characters, Herbie and Noon, are a loving but unconventional couple whose marriage remains unconsummated...
| Author | Sidney Poitier |
| ISBN | 0061357901 |
In this luminous memoir, a true American icon looks back on his celebrated life and career. His body of work is arguable the most morally significant in cinematic history, and the power and influence of that work are indicative of the character of the man behind the many storied roles. Here, Sidney...
| Author | Tina McElroy Ansa |
| ISBN | 0156000776 |
The bestselling tale-powerful, compassionate, humorous-of the three Lovejoy sisters reunited in their hometown of Mulberry, Georgia, on the occasion of their mother’s death. As the emotionally scarred Lovejoys prepare for their mother’s funeral, the spirit of the selfish and manipulative...
| Author | Eric Jerome Dickey |
| ISBN | 0451204689 |
With each new novel, Eric Jerome Dickey has established himself as one of the freshest and most exciting writers on America's contemporary fiction scene. His latest book is no exception. Set in the San Francisco Bay area, Between Lovers brings together three irresistible characters. The novel's...
| Author | Tina McElroy Ansa |
| ISBN | 0385476019 |
Bestselling author Tina McElroy Ansa is back with another tale from Mulberry, Georgia, the richly drawn fictional town and home of the extraordinary Lena McPherson. Lena, now forty-five and tired of being "the hand everyone fans with," has grown weary of shouldering the town's problems and wants...
