{"product_id":"linden-hills-paperback","title":"Linden Hills - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGloria Naylor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA powerful look at an affluent black community from Gloria Naylor (1950-2016), the National Book Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Women of Brewster Place \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA world away from Brewster Place, yet intimately connected to it, lies Linden Hills. With its showcase homes, elegant lawns, and other trappings of Wealth, Linden Hills is not unlike other affluent black communities. But residence in this community is indisputable evidence of \"making it.\" Although no one knows what the precise qualifications are, everyone knows that only certain people get to live there - and that they want to be among them. In a resonant novel that takes as it's model Dante's \u003ci\u003eInferno\u003c\/i\u003e, Gloria Naylor reveals the truth about the American dream - that the price of success may very well be on a journey down to the lowest circle of hell. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"With\u003ci\u003e Linden Hills\u003c\/i\u003e, Naylor has constructed a place for herself among the leading contemporary writers of fiction.\" -\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGloria Naylor\u003c\/b\u003e (1950-2016) grew up in New York City. She received her BA in English from Brooklyn College and her MA in Afro-American Studies from Yale University. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Women of Brewster Place\u003c\/i\u003e, won the National Book Award for first fiction in 1983. She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eLinden Hills \u003c\/i\u003e(available from Penguin), \u003ci\u003eMama Day\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBailey's Cafe\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Men of Brewster Place\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTayari Jones \u003c\/b\u003e(foreword) is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAn American Marriage\u003c\/i\u003e, which was an Oprah's Book Club Selection and a favorite of Barack Obama, as well as \u003ci\u003eSilver Sparrow\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Untelling\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLeaving Atlanta\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a professor-at-large at Cornell University and a professor of creative writing at Emory University.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.7 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 04, 1986\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753678405920,"sku":"9780140088298","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/21b1b766fbd9c6f7ee9f206a7f8a91a8.webp?v=1780025424","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/linden-hills-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}