Street, The by Petry, Ann - 1992

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. Very Good 1992. Paperback. 100% as shown, NEW & marfree acidfree; not written-in rem club or handled. Mail SAMEDAY! From 500 Great Books by Women; review by Suzanne Leslie Simmons Ann Petry puts forth a painfully honest treatise on black/white relations in The Street, and while it was written nearly fifty years ago, her unblinking insights and powerful commentary on the dynamics of race in the United States remain accurate today. Lutie Johnson, an intelligent, strong, and beautiful black woman, is the vehicle for Ann Petry's message. Separated from her husband, Lutie is doing her best to raise an eight-year-old son, achieve independence from her father, advance in her job, and work her way out of the Harlem streets, which she calls ""The North's lynch mobs ... The method the big cities use to keep Negroes in their place. "" Streetwise, she is able to avoid being conned and to exploit a con artist to get ahead. Though her self-knowledge is thorough, it can't stop her entanglement in a tradition of oppression and an upbringing which bla; 0.74 x 8.21 x 5.51; 435 pages .