The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria NaylorMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
While many, if not most, novels are written as one long story, other novels can be separated into short stories that are woven together to make up one novel. The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor is one such novel.
In this novel, Brewster Place is a tenement building on a now walled-off road, where those who can't afford better land. Each chapter introduces us to another woman and describes what led to her landing on Brewster Place, weaving her life together with the other women's lives.
The writing in this book is superb, the characters believable, keeping the reader engaged and cheering for the women.
I originally read The Women of Brewster Place in 1983, shortly after its pubication, and wondered if it would hold up. It does, making me wonder why I waited so long to reread it.
If one is looking for a book that stands up well and draws one in, Gloria Naylor's The Women of Brewster Place is worth the read.
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