Sassafrass, Cypress and Indigo A Novel |
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| Author:
| Shange, Ntozake |
| ISBN: | 978-0-312-54124-8 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2010 |
| Publisher: | St. Martin's Press
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| Imprint: | Saint Martin's Griffin |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $19.99 |
Book Description:
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Ntozake Shange's beloved Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo is the story of three sisters and their mother from Charleston, South Carolina. "A jubilant celebration of womanhood--as moving as the moon . . . pure magic." --Kansas City Star Sassafrass, the oldest, is a poet and a weaver like her mother before her. Having gone north to college, she is now living with other artists in Los Angeles and trying to weave a life out of her work,...
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Ntozake Shange's beloved Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo is the story of three sisters and their mother from Charleston, South Carolina.
"A jubilant celebration of womanhood--as moving as the moon . . . pure magic." --Kansas City Star
Sassafrass, the oldest, is a poet and a weaver like her mother before her. Having gone north to college, she is now living with other artists in Los Angeles and trying to weave a life out of her work, her man, her memories and dreams. Cypress, the dancer, leaves home to find new ways of moving in the world. Indigo, the youngest, is still a child of Charleston-"too much of the south in her"-who lives in poetry and has the supreme gift of seeing the obvious magic of the world. Shange's rich and wondrous story of womanhood, art, and passionately-lived lives is written "with such exquisite care and beauty that anybody can relate to her message" (The New York Times).