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Coffee Will Make You Black

by April Sinclair

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ISBN13: 9780380724598
ISBN10: 0380724596
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Sinclair writes frankly about a young black woman's sexuality and emotions, growing up in Chicago's South Side in the '60s. By turns hilarious and harrowing, this "in-your-face" novel powerfully captures what it was like to be black--before black was beautiful.

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"A pleasure...heartwarming...memorable...told with earnestness and humor...a coming-of-age story with a twist." (--Anne Whitehouse, Chicago Tribune)

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"Earthy...adventurous...a funny, fresh novel about growing up African-American in 1960's Chicago...Sinclair writes like Terry McMillan's kid sister." (--Suzanne Ruta, Entertainment Weekly)

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"From touching to downright hilarious...in re-imagining a turbulent decade, Sinclair has created a rich cast of characters full of vitality and sass." (--Joan Philpott, MS. Magazine)

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"Extraordinary...feisty, funny and wise."(--Sara Nelson, Glamour)

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"Poignant...well-crafted...vivid and brilliant...told by a voice so rich in character, it stands out among the ruck of 'growing up' tales."(Paschal Fowlkes, San Francisco Review of Books)

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I still thought breasts might be more trouble than they were worth. Growing up reminded me a little bit of Hide and Go Seek. When it was your time to grow up, Natrue said, "Here I come, ready or not." And Nature could always find you.
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April Sinclair is the author of Coffee Will Make You Black and Ain't Gonna Be the Same Fool Twice.She has been a fellow at the Djerassi, Yaddo, MacDowell, and Ragdale artist colonies.Coffee Will Make You Black was named Book of the Year (Young Adult Fiction) for 1994 by the American Library Association.Sinclair also received the Carl Sandburg Award from the Friends of the Chicago Public Library for Coffee Will Make You BlackShe is a Chicago native and now lives in Berkeley, California.
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ISBN:
9780380724598
Author:
Sinclair, April
Publisher:
Harper Perennial
Author:
Sinclair, A.
Location:
United States
Subject:
General
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Family life
Subject:
Humorous
Subject:
Afro-americans
Subject:
Chicago
Subject:
Young women
Subject:
Illinois
Subject:
South Chicago (Chicago, Ill.) Fiction.
Subject:
Bildungsromane.
Subject:
South Chicago
Subject:
African-American women
Subject:
Bildungsromans
Subject:
South Chicago (Chicago, Ill.)
Copyright:
1994
Series Volume:
107-8
Publication Date:
February 1995
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
256
Dimensions:
8.04x5.22x.60 in. .41 lbs.
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