Griot African-American Book Discussion

The Street by Ann Petry

We feature books by African-American authors and meet for discussion in person and virtually via Zoom on the third Tuesday of the month. May's selection: The Street by Ann Petry.

Print copies of the book are available for checkout at the Eola Road Branch Reference Desk or Santori Library, 3rd floor. Email group facilitator Becky Clark at rclark@aurorapubliclibrary.org for more information. Note: Griot Book Discussion will meet temporarily at Santori Library during Eola Road Branch renovations.

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Book description: The Street by Ann Petry

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. (publisher description)

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