Book summaryThree sisters are raised in an upper-class black community in Philadelphia. When, in the early '60s, their father's business fails and he disappears from their lives, their mother collapses, and the girls are put into foster care with a working-class family. Their foster sister, Ramona, who resents them deeply, is being abused by her mother, Mae, and the three sisters must cope with Ramona's problems, Mae's political activism, and the enormous changes in their own lives. Media reviews"[S]cores big on mood and language, less on plot and character....A satisfying end makes up, somewhat, for a convoluted storyline. McKinney-Whetstone's material...is not nearly as strong as her voice." |
Tempest Risingby Diane McKinney-Whetstone,
Book desription: HarperCollins Publishers : New York, 1998. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. It is 1965 in Philadelphia. Clarise, Finch, and their three adolescent daughters are living the dream life of the black financially privileged when suddenly Finch's lucrative catering business falls on hard times and Clarise suffers an apparent nervous collapse. The daughters are discharged into the foster care of Mae, a politically connected card shark, and her stunningly beautiful, yet mean-spirited, daughter, Ramona. The girls are not only faced with the status change of being catapulted into a working-class neighborhood; they must also deal with the spirit of malignity and jealousy that seems to hover over Mae's house. The girl's presence in and subsequent disappearance from Mae's house force Mae and Ramona to move beyond the abuse that has characterized their relationship and confront the brutal secret that caused their hearts to lock against one another.
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