All-Bright Court

All-Bright CourtSet in a colorfully painted but crumbling housing project near a Buffalo, New York, steel mill, this novel full of wisdom, grace and poetry (Newsday) traces two decades in the lives of the project's residents. At the heart of this collective portrait is the Taylor family: Sam, Mary Kate, and their five children. For the Taylors and their neighbors, this is a time of tremendous optimism. The oldest boy, Mikey, shows special promise at school. Sam eats

Set in a colorfully painted but crumbling housing project near a Buffalo, New York, steel mill, this novel full of wisdom, grace and poetry (Newsday) traces two decades in the lives of the project's residents. At the heart of this collective portrait is the Taylor family: Sam, Mary Kate, and their five children. For the Taylors and their neighbors, this is a time of tremendous optimism. The oldest boy, Mikey, shows special promise at school. Sam eats alongside his white coworkers at the local diner after his shift in the mill's inferno. The door to the white world seems to be opening. But time fades optimism: the steel industry falters, men lose their jobs. Mikey learns to distrust hope. The miracle of this heartbreaking story is its warmth in the face of tragic disappointment. All-Bright Court illuminates the dignity, faith, and humor that enable people to endure a world bound by devastating reality.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 05/10/2000
ISBN: 9780618056798
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 8.53h x 5.49w x 0.64d

Review Citations: New York Times 06/18/2000 pg. 28