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Author:

Fofana, Sidik, author. 226556

Title:

Stories from the tenants downstairs / Sidik Fofana.

Edition:

First Scribner hardcover edition.

Publisher:

Scribner,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

ix, 211 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Apartment houses--Fiction.
Neighbors--Fiction.
Gentrification--Fiction.
City and town life--Fiction.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.
Short stories.

Other Titles:

Short stories. Selections

Contents:

Federation for the like-minded. The okiedokie -- Ms. Dallas -- The young entrepreneurs of Miss Bristol's front porch -- Camaraderie -- Lite feet -- Tumble -- Federation for the like-minded.

Summary:

"Set in a Harlem high rise, a stunning debut about a tight-knit cast of characters grappling with their own personal challenges while the forces of gentrification threaten to upend life as they know it. Like Gloria Naylors The Women of Brewster Place and Lin Manuel Mirandas In the Heights, Sidik Fofanas electrifying collection of eight interconnected stories showcases the strengths, struggles, and hopes of one residential community in a powerful storytelling experience. Each short story follows a tenant in the Banneker Homes, a low-income high rise in Harlem where gentrification weighs on everyones mind. There is Swan in apartment 6B, whose excitement about his friends release from prison jeopardizes the life hes been trying to lead. Mimi, in apartment 14D, who hustles to raise the child she had with Swan, waitressing at Roscoes and doing hair on the side. And Quanneisha B. Miles, a former gymnast with a good education who wishes she could leave Banneker for good, but cant seem to escape the buildings gravitational pull. We root for these characters and more as they weave in and out of each others lives, endeavoring to escape from their pasts and blaze new paths forward for themselves and the people they love."-- provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1982145811
9781982145811

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1338687987

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