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With a new introduction from New York Times best-selling author Tayari Jones, The Street was Ann Petry''s first novel, originally published in 1946 and hailed by critics as a masterwork.

The Street tells the poignant, often heartbreaking story of Lutie Johnson, a young black woman, and her spirited struggle to raise her son amid the violence, poverty, and racial dissonance of Harlem in the late 1940s.

Lutie is confronted by racism, sexism, and classism on a daily basis in her pursuit of the American dream for herself and her son, Bub. Lutie fully subscribes to the belief that if she follows the adages of Benjamin Franklin by working hard and saving wisely, she will be able to achieve the dream of being financially independent.

The first novel by an African-American woman to sell more than a million copies, its haunting tale still resonates today.

Petry is the writer we have been waiting for; hers are the stories we need to fully i

The Street

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    A Paperback / softback by Ann Petry, Tayari Jones

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      Publisher: Mariner Books Classics
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 07/01/2020
      ISBN13: 9780358187547, 978-0358187547
      ISBN10: 0358187540
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      With a new introduction from New York Times best-selling author Tayari Jones, The Street was Ann Petry''s first novel, originally published in 1946 and hailed by critics as a masterwork.

      The Street tells the poignant, often heartbreaking story of Lutie Johnson, a young black woman, and her spirited struggle to raise her son amid the violence, poverty, and racial dissonance of Harlem in the late 1940s.

      Lutie is confronted by racism, sexism, and classism on a daily basis in her pursuit of the American dream for herself and her son, Bub. Lutie fully subscribes to the belief that if she follows the adages of Benjamin Franklin by working hard and saving wisely, she will be able to achieve the dream of being financially independent.

      The first novel by an African-American woman to sell more than a million copies, its haunting tale still resonates today.

      Petry is the writer we have been waiting for; hers are the stories we need to fully i

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