Tempest Rising Paperback - 1999
by Diane McKinney-Whetstone
With the shimmering, startling detail that is the hallmark of the author's engaging style, this book evokes 1960s west Philadelphia in a spicy story of a mother and daughter forced to confront the brutal secret that has locked their hearts against one another.
Summary
First line
THE grand stone Victorian tried not to show off, even though it survived that sudden March storm, stood tough while the roof caved in on the house next door, and the front palladian blew out in the one across the street; a half-dead pin oak died for real and crashed through the attic of the house on the corner.
From the rear cover
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 girls' 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.
Details
- Title Tempest Rising
- Author Diane McKinney-Whetstone
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Edition
- Pages 288
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Perennial, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date February 3, 1999
- ISBN 9780688166403 / 0688166407
- Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
- Dimensions 8.12 x 5.54 x 0.79 in (20.62 x 14.07 x 2.01 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1960's
- Chronological Period: 1950-1999
- Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
- Cultural Region: Northeast U.S.
- Demographic Orientation: Urban
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Geographic Orientation: Pennsylvania
- Locality: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress subjects Domestic fiction, Philadelphia (Pa.)
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Citations
- Booklist, 02/15/2000, Page 1096
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