A Woman's Place: A Novel

The compelling story of three black women who meet at a New England college in the late sixties and form a friendship that will guide them through the changes the joys and the tears of the coming years   Faith small-boned and delicate the daughter of a strong-willed mother and a father she no longer remembers longs for the one experience that will show her to herself. Serena a passionate and outspoken radical has an intense political commitment and pride in her African roots which will lead her to find a life on a continent far away. And Crystal a poet from girlhood has a long love affair with words that will be put to the ultimate test when she must explain to her father her love for a man of another race.. Praise for A Woman’s Place   “A radical new talent . . . The poignancy invites comparison to The Color Purple.”—New Woman   “A book that should be bought read and cherished because it is a story of hope a story of triumph and above all a testimony to resilience.”—The Philadelphia Tribune