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It''s 1921, and when Celeste Lassiter Massey goes to stay with her Aunt Valentina in Harlem, she is not thrilled to trade her friends and comfortable North Carolina surroundings for scary big city life with a famous actress. While Celeste absorbs the excitement of the Harlem Renaissance in full swing, she sees as much grit as glamour.

A passionate writer, talented violinist, and aspiring doctor, Celeste eventually faces a choice between ambition and loyalty, roots and horizons. The decision will change her forever.



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Tate has an eye, and an ear, for the ambience of the era. Celeste and her friends and family are well-conceived individuals, both real and imagined....Absorbing * - Kirkus 'Both sobering and inspiring, Tate's novel is a moving portrait of growing up black in 1920s America’ *
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Celestes Harlem Renaissance

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    A Paperback by Eleanora E. Tate

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      Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 2/5/2009 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780316113625, 978-0316113625
      ISBN10: 031611362X

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      It''s 1921, and when Celeste Lassiter Massey goes to stay with her Aunt Valentina in Harlem, she is not thrilled to trade her friends and comfortable North Carolina surroundings for scary big city life with a famous actress. While Celeste absorbs the excitement of the Harlem Renaissance in full swing, she sees as much grit as glamour.

      A passionate writer, talented violinist, and aspiring doctor, Celeste eventually faces a choice between ambition and loyalty, roots and horizons. The decision will change her forever.



      Trade Review
      Tate has an eye, and an ear, for the ambience of the era. Celeste and her friends and family are well-conceived individuals, both real and imagined....Absorbing * - Kirkus 'Both sobering and inspiring, Tate's novel is a moving portrait of growing up black in 1920s America’ *
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