Fauset Jessie Redmon - There Is Confusion - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: 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 The Crisis the official magazine of the Naacp With an introduction by New York Times bestselling author Morgan Jerkins Set in early - twentieth - century New York City There Is Confusion 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. 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. First published to immense critical acclaim in 1924, written with an Austen - like eye for social dynamics There Is Confusion is an unjustly forgotten classic that celebrates Black ambition love and the struggle for equality. The Modern Library Torchbearers series features women who wrote on their own terms with boldness creativity and a spirit of resistance. American Indian Stories THE Awakening THE Custom OF THE Country THE Heads OF Cerberus LADY Audleys Secret LOVE Anger Madness Passing THE Transformation OF Philip Jettan Villette There IS Confusion THE Selected Poems OF EDN a ST. Vincent Millay
Title: There Is Confusion
Author(s): Fauset Jessie Redmon
Publisher: Random House Usa Inc
Barcode: 9780593134429
Pages: 304 Pages
Publication Date: 2/11/2020
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction