Publication

1995 - Berkeley, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

136,000 words, Guess

Page Count

544 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing174958
  • Goodreads537877

Classifications

  • DDC813/.54
  • LCCPS3553.A4395 B76 1995b

Description

"Brothers and Sisters" is set in the hostile racial climate of 1992 Los Angeles post Rodney King verdict and subsequent riots. A strong African American career women faces racial tensions as she perseveres while climbing the corporate ladder.

First Sentence

When Esther Jackson looked up from the stack of slick new hundred-dollar bills she was counting inside the tellers' cage of the downtown branch of Angel City National Bank and glanced out the plate-glass window, the black woman inhaled sharply.

Subjects

Genres

  • Fiction.

Other Editions

  • Brothers and sistersBerkeley1995-01-01
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