Brown Girl, Brownstones Binding:Paperback Not part of the plan

Not part of the plan

They decide to work together to raise their collective daughter with the tenderness and empathy they missed in their own relationships

this powerful volume forces readers to acknowledge systemic inequity" (Publishers Weekly

winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize and a Whiting Award

Brown Girl, Brownstones Binding:Paperback Not part of the plan"An unforgettable novel, written with pride and anger, with rebellion and tears." Herald Tribune Book Review"Passionate, compelling . . . an impressive accomplishment." Saturday Review"Remarkable for its courage, its color, and its natural control." The New Yorker Selina's mother wants to stay in Brooklyn and earn enough money to buy a brownstone row house, but her father dreams only of returning to his island home. Torn between a romantic nostalgia