There Is Confusion
Author: Fauset, Jessie Redmon
ISBN: 9780593134429
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 11 Feb 2020
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback / softback
A rediscovered classic about how racism and sexism tests the spirit, ambition, and character of three children growing up in Hell's Kitchen and Harlem, from the literary editor of I>The Crisis/I>, the official magazine of the NAACPBR>BR>b>A rediscovered classic about how racism and sexism tests the spirit, ambition, and character of three children growing up in Hell's Kitchen and Harlem, from the literary editor of i>The Crisis, /i>the official magazine of the NAACP/b>br>br> b>With an introduction by i>New York Times /i>bestselling author Morgan Jerkins/b>br>br> Set in early-twentieth-century New York City, i>There Is Confusion /i>tells the story of three Black children- Joanna Marshall, a talented dancer willing to sacrifice everything for success; Maggie Ellersley, an extraordinarily beautiful girl determined to leave her working-class background behind; and Peter Bye, a clever would-be surgeon who is driven by his love for Joanna.br>br> As children, Maggie, Joanna, and Peter support one another's dreams, but as young adults, romance threatens to upset the balance of their friendship. One afternoon, Joanna makes two irrevocable decisions-and sets off a chain of events that wreaks havoc with all of their lives.br>br> First published to immense critical acclaim in 1924, written with an Austen-like eye for social dynamics, i>There Is Confusion /i>is an unjustly forgotten classic that celebrates Black ambition, love, and the struggle for equality.br>br>b>The Modern Library Torchbearers series features women who wrote on their own terms, with boldness, creativity, and a spiritofresistance./b>
ISBN: 9780593134429
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 11 Feb 2020
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback / softback
A rediscovered classic about how racism and sexism tests the spirit, ambition, and character of three children growing up in Hell's Kitchen and Harlem, from the literary editor of I>The Crisis/I>, the official magazine of the NAACPBR>BR>b>A rediscovered classic about how racism and sexism tests the spirit, ambition, and character of three children growing up in Hell's Kitchen and Harlem, from the literary editor of i>The Crisis, /i>the official magazine of the NAACP/b>br>br> b>With an introduction by i>New York Times /i>bestselling author Morgan Jerkins/b>br>br> Set in early-twentieth-century New York City, i>There Is Confusion /i>tells the story of three Black children- Joanna Marshall, a talented dancer willing to sacrifice everything for success; Maggie Ellersley, an extraordinarily beautiful girl determined to leave her working-class background behind; and Peter Bye, a clever would-be surgeon who is driven by his love for Joanna.br>br> As children, Maggie, Joanna, and Peter support one another's dreams, but as young adults, romance threatens to upset the balance of their friendship. One afternoon, Joanna makes two irrevocable decisions-and sets off a chain of events that wreaks havoc with all of their lives.br>br> First published to immense critical acclaim in 1924, written with an Austen-like eye for social dynamics, i>There Is Confusion /i>is an unjustly forgotten classic that celebrates Black ambition, love, and the struggle for equality.br>br>b>The Modern Library Torchbearers series features women who wrote on their own terms, with boldness, creativity, and a spiritofresistance./b>
