The Street

Petry is the writer we have been waiting for; hers are the stories we need to fully illuminate the questions of our moment, while also offering a page-turning good time. Ann Petry, the woman, had it all, and so does her insightful, prescient and unputdownable prose. -- Tayari Jones, New York Times Book Review The Street follows the spirited Lutie Johnson, a newly single mother whose efforts to claim a share of the American Dream for herself and her young son meet frustration at every turn in 1940s Harlem. Opening a fresh perspective on the realities and challenges of black, female, working-class life, The Street became the first novel by an African American woman to sell more than a million copies.

• | Author: Ann Petry
• | Publisher: Mariner Books
• | Publication Date: January 07, 2020
• | Number of Pages: 400 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0358187540
• | ISBN-13: 9780358187547