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Brothers and Sisters - by Bebe Moore Campbell (Paperback)

Brothers and Sisters - by  Bebe Moore Campbell (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Set in the explosive center of post-riot Los Angeles, this powerful bestseller chronicles the friendship of two professional women--one white, one black--who find their loyalties tested. From the author of Your Blues Ain't Like Mine and recent winner of the NAACP Image Award for outstanding literary work.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>"With wit and grace, Campbell shows how all our stories--white, black, male female--ultimately intertwine."--<i>Time</i></b> <p/>Set against the smoldering embers of post-riot Los Angeles, <i>Brothers and Sisters</i> confirms Bebe Moore Campbell's reputation for fiction that "cuts close to the bone of real life" (<i>Atlanta Journal</i>). <p/> Esther Jackson is a bank manager who's worked hard to keep her passions in check. Sensitive to injustice, but struggling against hostility and mistrust, she forms a tentative friendship with Mallory Post, a white coworker who seems sometimes to live in a different--and unreachable--world. <p/>But when an attractive black man is hired as a senior vice president at the bank, with troubling and unexpected consequences for both of these women, Esther is forced to question her deepest loyalties and desire--and what really makes us "brothers and sisters."<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><b>Praise for <i>Brothers and Sisters<br></i><br></b>"If this is a fair world, Bebe Moore Campbell will be remembered as the most important African-America novelist of this century--except for, maybe, Ralph Ellison and James Baldwin."--<i>Carolyn See, <i>The Washington Post Book World</i></i> <p/>"A novel of understanding and misunderstanding, suspense and hope. Engrossing...optimistic."--<i><i>San Diego Union-Tribune</i></i> <p/>"Campbell pushes past the stereotypes and hang-ups to show that black or white, Korean or Hispanic, rich or poor, we are all human. And it is that affinity that makes us all brothers and sisters."--<i><i>Charlotte Observer</i></i> <p/>"Probing and honest (and at times, very funny)."--<i><i>Chicago Tribune</i></i> <p/>"Provocative...candid...finely drawn characters."--<i><i>USA Today</i></i> <p/>"This absorbing novel explores the intricacies of experience, knowledge and bias which perpetuate inequalities and segregated lives."--<i><i>Publishers Weekly</i></i> <p/>"Excellent...a realistic and evenhanded portrait of the conflicts experienced by characters of varied backgrounds."--<i><i>Library Journal</i></i> <p/>"A gripping story of corporate and personal intrigue and a snapshot of race and gender relations at a very strained time and place in recent history...Campbell creates a vivid world of complex characters who struggle against the biggest of issues [and] fills the pages of her novel with the best answer of all: hope."--<i><i>Washington Times</i></i> <p/>"Daring and insightful."--<i><i>Kirkus Reviews</i></i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Bebe Moore Campbell</b> was a bestselling author and a journalist. Her nonfiction work has appeared in <i>The New York Times</i>, <i>The Washington Post</i>, <i>The Los Angeles Times</i>, <i>Ms.</i>, <i>Essence</i>, <i>Black Enterprise</i>, <i>Ebony</i>, <i>Working Mother</i>, <i>USA Weekend</i>, and <i>Adweek</i>, among other publications. She was a regular contributor to National Public Radio. <p/>She was the author of such national, critically acclaimed bestsellers as <i>Brothers and Sisters</i>, <i>Singing in the Comeback Choir</i>, <i>Your Blues Ain't Like Mine</i>, <i>Stompin' at the Savoy</i>, and <i>What You Owe Me</i>, as well as the award-winning children's book, <i>Sometimes My Mommy Gets Angry</i>. <p/>Campbell was born and grew up in Philadelphia and graduated from the University of Pittsburgh, where she earned a bachelor of science degree in elementary education. She taught elementary and middle school for five years. She is survived by her daughter, the actress Maia Campbell, and a son, Ellis Gordon III.

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