eBooks - Literature - Modern Fiction - Karen E. Quinones Miller - Ida B.: A Novel
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by Karen E. Quinones Miller
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Ida B.: A Novel Summary
| When Harlem's Ida Barrett Wells Tower was built in the late 1970s, it promised an affordable, safe residence for people who couldn't afford to live downtown but wanted a new beginning. Then the crack scourge hit, cruelly dashing the residents' dreams right up to the present day. Ida B. is the story of these resilient people, who look out for one another as best they can. Twenty-five-year-old Brenda Carver is a welfare mother of four children fathered by four different men. She wants to be an author, but she can't decide what to write. Rosa Rivera, also 25, is an aspiring actress who won't let anyone or anything stand in the way of her career. Sharif Goldsby is the resident political activist who is determined to motivate his neighbors to help him change the world. Though the characters have different personalities and different agendas, they share in common an enduring friendship--and their residency in the Ida B. These protagonists are all dynamic individuals, but the real hero of Ida B. is the apartment building itself. The place personifies both the hope and the hopelessness of people who feel disenfranchised by society. For the residents, Ida B. is both a sanctuary from the outside world, and a prison from which they wish someday to break free. The life portrayed in Ida B. will be instantly recognizable to anyone who has ever lived in a housing project, and for those who have not, the novel offers an inspiring glimpse at the struggle to survive. "Miller is an excellent storyteller who draws you in from page one," Zane has said. Ida B. is Miller's latest unforgettable rendition of the Harlem experience. |
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