Another Brooklyn A Novel
Another Brooklyn A Novel by Jacqueline Woodson is a reprint edition published by HarperCollins on May 30, 2017. This 192-page book explores the memories of August as she reconnects with a long-ago friend, transporting her back to the 1970s in Brooklyn. The narrative delves into the significance of friendship during a formative time, highlighting both the beauty and challenges of growing up in a complex environment.
Readers will find a poignant portrayal of childhood and the transition to adulthood, as August and her friends navigate their neighborhood, believing in their potential while facing the darker realities of their surroundings. The story addresses themes of cultural heritage and family life, capturing the essence of a community where innocence is often overshadowed by danger and loss. Through vivid storytelling, Woodson presents a rich tapestry of experiences that resonate with the complexities of youth and the bonds that shape our lives.
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A Finalist for the 2016 National Book Award
New York Times Bestseller
A SeattleTimes pick for Summer Reading Roundup 2017
A Bustle Fall Roundup pick for 2017
The acclaimed New York Times bestselling and National Book Award–winning author of Brown Girl Dreaming delivers her first adult novel in twenty years.
Running into a long-ago friend sets memory from the 1970s in motion for August, transporting her to a time and a place where friendship was everything—until it wasn’t. For August and her girls, sharing confidences as they ambled through neighborhood streets, Brooklyn was a place where they believed that they were beautiful, talented, brilliant—a part of a future that belonged to them.
But beneath the hopeful veneer, there was another Brooklyn, a dangerous place where grown men reached for innocent girls in dark hallways, where ghosts haunted the night, where mothers disappeared. A world where madness was just a sunset away and fathers found hope in religion.
Like Louise Meriwether’s Daddy Was a Number Runner and Dorothy Allison’s Bastard Out of Carolina, Jacqueline Woodson’s Another Brooklyn heartbreakingly illuminates the formative time when childhood gives way to adulthood—the promise and peril of growing up—and exquisitely renders a powerful, indelible, and fleeting friendship that united four young lives.
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