The Bernice L. McFadden Collection (e-book) (used book) | bookbook.eu

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McFadden works a kind of miracle--not only do her characters retain their appealing humanity; their story eclipses the bonds of history to offer continuous surprises."
--"New York Times," on "Gathering of Waters"
"Riveting...so nicely avoids the sentimentality that swirls around the subject matter. I am as impressed by its structural strength as by the searing and expertly imagined scenes."
--Toni Morrison, on "The Warmest December"
"McFadden's lively and loving rendering of New York hews closely to the jazz-inflected city of myth....McFadden has a wonderful ear for dialogue, and her entertaining prose equally accommodates humor and pathos."
--"New York Times," on "Glorious"
"An engrossing multigenerational saga...With her deep engagement in the material and her brisk but lyrical prose, McFadden creates a poignant epic of resiliency, bringing Sherry to a well-earned awareness of her place atop the shoulders of her ancestors, those who survived so that she might one day, too."
--"Publishers Weekly," on "Nowhere Is a Place"
"The Bernice L. McFadden Collection" features four novels from the three-time Hurston/Wright Legacy Award finalist: "Gathering of Waters" (a "New York Times" Editors Choice and one of the 100 Notable Books of 2012), "Glorious" (2010), "Nowhere Is a Place" (2006), and "The Warmest December" (2001).