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All-Bright Court Paperback - 2000
by Connie Rose Porter
Set in a colorfully painted but crumbling housing project near a Buffalo, New York, steel mill, this "novel full of wisdom, grace and poetry" (Newsday) traces two decades in the lives of the project's residents. At the heart of this collective portrait is the Taylor family: Sam, Mary Kate, and their five children. For the Taylors and their neighbors, this is a time of tremendous optimism. The oldest boy, Mikey, shows special promise at school. Sam eats alongside his white coworkers at the local diner after his shift in the mill's inferno. The door to the white world seems to be opening. But time fades optimism: the steel industry falters, men lose their jobs. Mikey learns to distrust hope. The miracle of this heartbreaking story is its warmth in the face of tragic disappointment. All-Bright Court illuminates the dignity, faith, and humor that enable people to endure a world bound by devastating reality.
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Set in a colorfully painted but crumbling housing project near a Buffalo, New York, steel mill, this "novel full of wisdom, grace and poetry" (Newsday) traces two decades in the lives of the project's residents. At the heart of this collective portrait is the Taylor family: Sam, Mary Kate, and their five children. For the Taylors and their neighbors, this is a time of tremendous optimism. The oldest boy, Mikey, shows special promise at school. Sam eats alongside his white coworkers at the local diner after his shift in the mill's inferno. The door to the white world seems to be opening. But time fades optimism: the steel industry falters, men lose their jobs. Mikey learns to distrust hope. The miracle of this heartbreaking story is its warmth in the face of tragic disappointment. All-Bright Court illuminates the dignity, faith, and humor that enable people to endure a world bound by devastating reality.
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AT EIGHT in the morning Samuel Taylor was eating eggs.
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- Title All-Bright Court
- Author Connie Rose Porter
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Amistad Press, U.S.A.
- Date 2000-05-10
- ISBN 9780618056798 / 0618056793
- Weight 0.69 lbs (0.31 kg)
- Dimensions 8.53 x 5.49 x 0.64 in (21.67 x 13.94 x 1.63 cm)
- Ages 14 to UP years
- Grade levels 9 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 21st Century
- Chronological Period: 1950-1999
- Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Geographic Orientation: New York
- Topical: Family
- Library of Congress subjects Domestic fiction, Steel industry and trade
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 9108105
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
"Porter has mapped a rich fictional world . . . This is a powerful and affecting debut," The New York Times
"Magical . . . exquisite detail, accurate dialogue." -- Terry McMillan
"A seamless story of disparate but parallel lives." The Chicago Tribune
"Magical . . . exquisite detail, accurate dialogue." -- Terry McMillan
"A seamless story of disparate but parallel lives." The Chicago Tribune
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- New York Times, 06/18/2000, Page 28
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