{"product_id":"9781617754043","title":"The Bernice L. McFadden Collection: Gathering of Waters, Glorious, The Warmest December, and Nowhere Is a Place","description":"\"McFadden works a kind of miracle--not only do her characters retain their appealing humanity; their story eclipses the bonds of history to offer continuous surprises.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, on \u003ci\u003eGathering of Waters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Riveting...so nicely avoids the sentimentality that swirls around the subject matter. I am as impressed by its structural strength as by the searing and expertly imagined scenes.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eToni Morrison\u003c\/b\u003e, on \u003ci\u003eThe Warmest December\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"McFadden's lively and loving rendering of New York hews closely to the jazz-inflected city of myth....McFadden has a wonderful ear for dialogue, and her entertaining prose equally accommodates humor and pathos.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, on \u003ci\u003eGlorious\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An engrossing multigenerational saga...With her deep engagement in the material and her brisk but lyrical prose, McFadden creates a poignant epic of resiliency, bringing Sherry to a well-earned awareness of her place atop the shoulders of her ancestors, those who survived so that she might one day, too.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, on \u003ci\u003eNowhere Is a Place\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bernice L. McFadden Collection\u003c\/i\u003e features four novels from the three-time Hurston\/Wright Legacy Award finalist: \u003ci\u003eGathering of Waters\u003c\/i\u003e (a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Editors’ Choice and one of the 100 Notable Books of 2012), \u003ci\u003eGlorious\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), \u003ci\u003eNowhere Is a Place\u003c\/i\u003e (2006), and \u003ci\u003eThe Warmest December\u003c\/i\u003e (2001).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Akashic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47135839387888,"sku":"9781617754043","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781617754043_p0.jpg?v=1769904644","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781617754043","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}