
The Street: A Novel
Serious and literary fiction, Customs and cultures
Synthetic audio, Automated braille
Summary
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. Originally published in 1946… and hailed by critics as a masterwork, The Street was Ann Petry's first novel, a beloved bestseller with more than a million copies in print. Its haunting tale still resonates today.
Title Details
ISBN
9780547525341
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Copyright Date
1998
Book number
2988050